Famous Personalities Born In January - 12
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1483 On this day in history birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland
1483 On January - 12 birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)
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 Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on January - 12.
1577 On this day in history birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)
1580 On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)
1580 On January - 12 birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)
1588 John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony) was born on January - 12.
1588 On January - 12 birth of jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter
1591 On January - 12 birth of josé Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
1597 On January - 12 birth of françois Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)
1599 On January - 12 birth of adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter
1638 On January - 12 birth of ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)
1665 On January - 12 birth of pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician
1674 On this day in history birth of reinhard Keiser, composer
1711 Gaetano Latilla, composer was born on this day in history.
1715 On this day in history birth of jacques Duphly, composer
1716 On January - 12 birth of antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)
1721 On January - 12 birth of duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)
1723 Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797) was born on January - 12.
1729 On this day in history birth of edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1]
1729 Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist was born on January - 12.
1730 On January - 12 birth of johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer
1737 Brizio Petrucci, composer was born on this day in history.
1737 John Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.
1746 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS] was born on January - 12.
1749 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat was born on January - 12.
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 January - 12.
1751 Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825) was born on January - 12.
1772 On January - 12 birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)
1780 Wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist was born on January - 12.
1783 Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on January - 12.