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 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  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  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1597  François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643) was born on January - 12.   

1599  On January - 12 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 January - 12 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  Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797) was born on January - 12.   

1729  Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1] was born on January - 12.   

1729  On January - 12 birth of lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist   

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

1737  On January - 12 birth of brizio Petrucci, composer   

1737  On January - 12 birth of john Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)   

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

1749  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat   

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

1751  On January - 12 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  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  On January - 12 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  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on January - 12.   

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

1390  On this day in history peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67   

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

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

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