Famous Birthdays In January - 12

1483  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland  

1483  On this day in history birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)  

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author  

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.  

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

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.  

1580  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on January - 12.  

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

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1591  On this day in history birth of josé Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)  

1597  On this day in history birth of françois Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)  

1599  Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter was born on January - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1715  Jacques Duphly, composer was born on January - 12.  

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

1721  Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.  

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  On January - 12 birth of lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist  

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

1737  On January - 12 birth of brizio Petrucci, composer  

1737  John Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS]  

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  On this day in history birth of jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib)  

1751  Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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0689  On January - 12 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 this day in history death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)  

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

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

1537  On this day in history lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies  

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