Famous Birthdays In January - 12

1483  On this day in history 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 January - 12.  

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

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.  

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  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 January - 12.  

1588  On January - 12 birth of john Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)  

1588  On this day in history birth of jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter  

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

1723  Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.  

1729  Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1] was born on this day in history.  

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  On January - 12 birth of brizio Petrucci, composer  

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

1746  Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS] was born on January - 12.  

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

1751  Ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples was born on January - 12.  

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  Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born on January - 12.  

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 January - 12.  

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0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on January - 12.  

1049  On January - 12 abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81  

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.  

1321  Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on January - 12.  

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  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.  

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on January - 12.