Famous Birthdays In January - 12

1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on this day in history.  

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on January - 12.  

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author  

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.  

1576  On this day in history birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian  

1577  On this day in history birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)  

1580  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on this day in history.  

1580  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)  

1588  On this day in history birth of jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter  

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1591  On this day in history birth of josé Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)  

1597  On January - 12 birth of françois Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)  

1599  On this day in history birth of adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter  

1638  Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars) was born on this day in history.  

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician was born on January - 12.  

1674  Reinhard Keiser, composer was born on January - 12.  

1711  Gaetano Latilla, composer was born on January - 12.  

1715  On January - 12 birth of jacques Duphly, composer  

1716  Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795) was born on January - 12.  

1721  On January - 12 birth of duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)  

1723  Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.  

1729  Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1] was born on this day in history.  

1729  On this day in history birth of lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist  

1730  On this day in history birth of johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer  

1737  Brizio Petrucci, composer was born on this day in history.  

1737  On this day in history birth of john Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)  

1746  Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS] was born on January - 12.  

1749  Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat was born on January - 12.  

1751  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples  

1751  On January - 12 birth of jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib)  

1751  On January - 12 birth of ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)  

1772  Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born on January - 12.  

1780  Wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist was born on this day in history.  

1783  On this day in history birth of erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen)  

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0689  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies  

1049  On January - 12 abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81  

1167  On this day in history aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56  

1321  On this day in history death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)  

1390  On January - 12 peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67  

1519  On this day in history maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies  

1537  On this day in history lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies  

1665  On this day in history pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63