Famous Birthdays In May - 12

1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 12.   

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

1679  On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

1700  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect was born on May - 12.   

1725  On this day in history birth of louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)   

1739  On this day in history birth of jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

1739  On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Vanhal, composer   

1751  On this day in history birth of gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer was born on this day in history.   

1767  On May - 12 birth of manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)   

1776  On this day in history birth of juan Bros y Bertomel, composer   

1790  [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer was born on May - 12.   

1797  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer was born on May - 12.   

1803  Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) was born on May - 12.   

1804  Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) was born on this day in history.   

1806  Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.   

1806  J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist was born on May - 12.   

1812  On May - 12 birth of edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)   

1812  Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on May - 12.   

1813  On May - 12 birth of johann Czerski, German chaplin   

1820  On this day in history birth of florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

1828  On May - 12 birth of d G Rossetti, writer   

1828  Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite was born on May - 12.   

1829  Paul Karrer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1829  On May - 12 birth of pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)   

1842  On May - 12 birth of jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)   

1845  On this day in history birth of gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)   

1850  Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.   

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0912  On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered