Famous Birthdays In July - 12

1394  Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441) was born on this day in history.   

1644  On this day in history birth of arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals)   

1675  On this day in history birth of evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer   

1730  Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood) was born on this day in history.   

1757  On July - 12 birth of christian Danner, composer   

1794  On this day in history birth of heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist   

1801  On this day in history birth of john Hill Hewitt, composer   

1802  Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer was born on this day in history.   

1803  Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841) was born on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history birth of silas Casey, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1882   

1817  Henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond) was born on July - 12.   

1821  On this day in history birth of cesare Dominiceti, composer   

1821  On this day in history birth of daniel Harvey Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1824  Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898) was born on this day in history.   

1828  On July - 12 birth of nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (d. 1889)   

1840  On July - 12 birth of abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist   

1849  William Osler, Canada, physician/author (circulatory system) was born on July - 12.   

1850  Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history birth of hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (d. 1933)   

1854  George Eastman, Waterville NY, inventor (Kodak camera) was born on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history birth of anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

1863  On July - 12 birth of albert Calmette, French physician (d. 1933)   

1863  Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (d. 1906) was born on July - 12.   

1864  George Washington Carver, botanist (studied the peanut) [or Jan 10] was born on this day in history.   

1868  On July - 12 birth of stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)   

1870  Louis II of Monaco (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.   

1876  On July - 12 birth of max Jacob, French poet (d. 1944)   

1880  Tod Browning, American film director (d. 1962) was born on July - 12.   

1881  On July - 12 birth of ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12]   

1884  Amedeo Modigliani, Italy, painter/sculptor (Reclining Nude) was born on this day in history.   

1884  Joseph Crehan, Baltimore MD, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight) was born on July - 12.   

1885  George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer was born on this day in history.   

1886  Jean Hersholt, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Men in White, Aryan) was born on July - 12.   

1888  Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat) was born on this day in history.   

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0783  Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies on July - 12.   

1073  Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies on July - 12.   

1429  John [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 on July - 12.   

1441  On July - 12 death of ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)   

1450  On July - 12 death of jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI   

1536  Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies on July - 12.   

1545  On July - 12 maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies   

1575  On this day in history renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies