Famous Personalities Born 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 January - 12.   

1576  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1638  On January - 12 birth of ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)   

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

1674  On January - 12 birth of reinhard Keiser, composer   

1711  Gaetano Latilla, composer was born on January - 12.   

1715  On this day in history birth of jacques Duphly, composer   

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  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  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  Brizio Petrucci, composer was born on January - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 January - 12.   

1772  Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born on this day in history.   

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  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1321  On this day in history 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  On this day in history maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies   

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

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