Famous Personalities Born In January - 12
Saturday, 10 May 2025
1483 On January - 12 birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland
1483 Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on January - 12.
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 this day in history birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian
1577 On this day in history 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 January - 12 birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)
1588 On January - 12 birth of john Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)
1588 On this day in history birth of jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter
1591 José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) was born on January - 12.
1597 On January - 12 birth of françois Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)
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 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 this day in history.
1715 Jacques Duphly, composer was born on January - 12.
1716 On this day in history birth of antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)
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 Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1] was born on January - 12.
1729 On January - 12 birth of lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist
1730 On this day in history birth of johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer
1737 On January - 12 birth of brizio Petrucci, composer
1737 On January - 12 birth of john Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)
1746 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS] was born on January - 12.
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 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 On this day in history birth of wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist
1783 Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on January - 12.