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 this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author  

1562  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy  

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

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  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on this day in history.  

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

1588  Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter was born on this day in history.  

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1591  José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) was born on this day in history.  

1597  François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643) was born on January - 12.  

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

1638  On this day in history birth of ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)  

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician was born on this day in history.  

1674  Reinhard Keiser, composer was born on January - 12.  

1711  Gaetano Latilla, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1716  Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.  

1721  On this day in history birth of duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)  

1723  On January - 12 birth of samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)  

1729  On this day in history birth of edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1]  

1729  On this day in history birth of lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist  

1730  On this day in history birth of johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer  

1737  On this day in history birth of brizio Petrucci, composer  

1737  On January - 12 birth of john Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)  

1746  On January - 12 birth of johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS]  

1749  Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat was born on January - 12.  

1751  Ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples was born on this day in history.  

1751  Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib) was born on January - 12.  

1751  On this day in history 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 January - 12 birth of wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist  

1783  On January - 12 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  On January - 12 abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81  

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on January - 12.  

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

1390  On January - 12 peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67  

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.  

1537  On January - 12 lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies  

1665  On this day in history pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63