Famous Birthdays In January - 12

1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on this day in history.  

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on January - 12.  

1492  Andreas Alicatus, Italian author was born on January - 12.  

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

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

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

1638  On this day in history 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  On January - 12 birth of gaetano Latilla, composer  

1715  Jacques Duphly, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1721  On January - 12 birth of duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)  

1723  On January - 12 birth of samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)  

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

1737  On this day in history birth of brizio Petrucci, composer  

1737  John Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence) was born on January - 12.  

1746  On January - 12 birth of johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS]  

1749  On January - 12 birth of ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat  

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

1751  Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib) was born on this day in history.  

1751  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)  

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  On this day in history birth of erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen)  

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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  On January - 12 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  On January - 12 peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67  

1519  On January - 12 maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies  

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on January - 12.  

1665  On this day in history pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63