Famous Birthdays In January - 12

1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on January - 12.  

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on January - 12.  

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

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on January - 12.  

1576  On January - 12 birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian  

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on January - 12.  

1580  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on this day in history.  

1580  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on January - 12.  

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 January - 12.  

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1591  José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) was born on January - 12.  

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

1599  On January - 12 birth of adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter  

1638  Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars) was born on this day in history.  

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

1674  On January - 12 birth of reinhard Keiser, composer  

1711  On January - 12 birth of gaetano Latilla, composer  

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

1716  On this day in history 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 January - 12 birth of samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)  

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 January - 12.  

1730  On January - 12 birth of johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer  

1737  On January - 12 birth of brizio Petrucci, composer  

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  Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib) was born on this day in history.  

1751  On January - 12 birth of ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)  

1772  On this day in history birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)  

1780  On this day in history birth of wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist  

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

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0689  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies  

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 January - 12.  

1321  Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on January - 12.  

1390  Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on January - 12.  

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on January - 12.  

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.  

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