Famous Birthdays In January - 12
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
1483 Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on January - 12.
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 Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on January - 12.
1577 On January - 12 birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)
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 Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter was born on this day in history.
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 Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.
1638 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars) was born on January - 12.
1665 Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician was born on January - 12.
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 On January - 12 birth of antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)
1721 Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.
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 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer was born on this day in history.
1737 Brizio Petrucci, composer was born on January - 12.
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 On this day in history birth of ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat
1751 Ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples was born on this day in history.
1751 On this day in history birth of jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib)
1751 On this day in history birth of ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)
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 this day in history.