Famous Personalities Born In January - 12

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 this day in history.   

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

1562  On January - 12 birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 12 birth of jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter   

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

1597  On January - 12 birth of françois Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)   

1599  Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist was born on this day in history.   

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

1737  Brizio Petrucci, composer was born on January - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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  Wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist was born on this day in history.   

1783  On this day in history 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 this day in history abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81   

1167  On this day in history aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56   

1321  Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on this day in history.   

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

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on January - 12.   

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

1665  On January - 12 pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63