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 this day in history.  

1492  On January - 12 birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author  

1562  On January - 12 birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy  

1576  On January - 12 birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian  

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

1580  On January - 12 birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)  

1580  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on this day in history.  

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.  

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1591  José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) was born on January - 12.  

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  On this day in history birth of pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician  

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

1711  Gaetano Latilla, composer was born on January - 12.  

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  On January - 12 birth of samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)  

1729  On this day in history birth of edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1]  

1729  Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist was born on this day in history.  

1730  On this day in history birth of johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer  

1737  Brizio Petrucci, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  Wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist was born on this day in history.  

1783  Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on this day in history.  

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0689  On January - 12 benedict Biscop, English saint, dies  

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on January - 12.  

1321  On this day in history 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