Famous Birthdays In January - 12

1786  On this day in history birth of sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (d. 1855)   

1792  On this day in history birth of robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881   

1792  On January - 12 birth of johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)   

1797  Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873) was born on January - 12.   

1804  Hippolyte Monpou, composer was born on January - 12.   

1807  Jan T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert was born on January - 12.   

1808  Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer was born on January - 12.   

1810  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, king of Sicily   

1814  Jones Mitchell Withers, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1890 was born on this day in history.   

1819  On January - 12 birth of zealous Bates Tower, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1900   

1821  Nikolai Afanisev, composer was born on this day in history.   

1822  On January - 12 birth of Étienne Lenoir, French engineer (d. 1900)   

1825  On January - 12 birth of joseph Robert Davis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896   

1826  On this day in history birth of charles Cruft, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

1832  On January - 12 birth of richard Waterhouse Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876   

1837  On January - 12 birth of adolf Jensen, composer   

1837  On January - 12 birth of carlos Troyer, composer   

1842  Francois Coppee, French poet was born on this day in history.   

1849  Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935) was born on January - 12.   

1852  Joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne) was born on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history birth of gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (tensor analysis)   

1856  On January - 12 birth of john Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)   

1860  On this day in history birth of henry Larkin, American baseball player (d. 1942)   

1863  Vivekananda, Calcutta, Hindu religious leader/reformer was born on January - 12.   

1871  Paul Guthnick, German astronomer was born on January - 12.   

1873  On this day in history birth of spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (d. 1940)   

1875  Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella) was born on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history birth of ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer   

1876  On January - 12 birth of jack London, writer/socialist (Call of the Wild)   

1876  On January - 12 birth of jack London, American author (d. 1916)   

1877  Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934) was born on this day in history.   

1878  On January - 12 birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)   

1879  On January - 12 birth of ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968)   

1882  On January - 12 birth of jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist   

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0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on January - 12.   

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on January - 12.   

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

1321  On January - 12 death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

1390  On this day in history 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