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Famous Birthdays In January - 12

Sunday, 19 May 2013

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 this day in history.

1492 Andreas Alicatus, Italian author was born on this day in history.

1562 On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy

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

1577 Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.

1580 On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)

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 Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter was born on this day in history.

1591 José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) was born on this day in history.

1597 François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643) was born on this day in history.

1599 Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.

1638 On this day in history birth of ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)

1665 On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician

1674 Reinhard Keiser, composer was born on this day in history.

1711 Gaetano Latilla, composer was born on this day in history.

1715 Jacques Duphly, composer was born on this day in history.

1716 Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.

1721 Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.

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 Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist was born on this day in history.

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 this day in history.

1749 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat was born on this day in history.

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

1751 On this day in history birth of jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib)

1751 Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.

1772 Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.

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

1783 Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on this day in history.

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Famous People Died On This Day In History

1049 On this day in history 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 Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on this day in history.

1390 On this day in history peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67

1519 Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.

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

1665 Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on this day in history.

1674 Giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68 on this day in history.