Famous Birthdays In January - 12

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

1483  On January - 12 birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)   

1492  On January - 12 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 this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)   

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.   

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  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  On January - 12 birth of pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician   

1674  Reinhard Keiser, composer was born on January - 12.   

1711  On this day in history birth of gaetano Latilla, composer   

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

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 January - 12.   

1729  Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist was born on January - 12.   

1730  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer was born on January - 12.   

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

1749  Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat was born on January - 12.   

1751  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples   

1751  Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib) was born on January - 12.   

1751  On January - 12 birth of ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)   

1772  On January - 12 birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)   

1780  On January - 12 birth of wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist   

1783  Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on January - 12.   

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0689  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies   

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on January - 12.   

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

1321  On January - 12 death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

1390  On this day in history 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 this day in history lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies   

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