Famous Birthdays In January - 12

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

1483  On January - 12 birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)  

1492  On January - 12 birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author  

1562  On January - 12 birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy  

1576  Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on January - 12.  

1577  On January - 12 birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)  

1580  On January - 12 birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)  

1580  On this day in history birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)  

1588  John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony) was born on this day in history.  

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

1591  On January - 12 birth of josé Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)  

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

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

1638  On January - 12 birth of ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)  

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  Jacques Duphly, composer was born on January - 12.  

1716  On January - 12 birth of antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)  

1721  Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792) was born on January - 12.  

1723  On this day in history birth of samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)  

1729  On January - 12 birth of edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1]  

1729  Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist was born on this day in history.  

1730  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer was born on January - 12.  

1737  Brizio Petrucci, composer was born on January - 12.  

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  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat  

1751  On January - 12 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 this day in history.  

1780  Wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist was born on January - 12.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

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

1321  Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on this day in history.  

1390  Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1519  On January - 12 maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies  

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on January - 12.  

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on January - 12.