Famous Birthdays In January - 12
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
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.
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.