Famous Birthdays In July - 12

1394  Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441) was born on July - 12.  

1644  Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals) was born on July - 12.  

1675  Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer was born on July - 12.  

1730  Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood) was born on July - 12.  

1757  On July - 12 birth of christian Danner, composer  

1794  On this day in history birth of heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist  

1801  On July - 12 birth of john Hill Hewitt, composer  

1802  Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer was born on July - 12.  

1803  Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841) was born on this day in history.  

1807  Silas Casey, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1882 was born on July - 12.  

1817  Henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond) was born on this day in history.  

1821  On this day in history birth of cesare Dominiceti, composer  

1821  On this day in history birth of daniel Harvey Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1889  

1824  On this day in history birth of eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)  

1828  Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.  

1840  On July - 12 birth of abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist  

1849  William Osler, Canada, physician/author (circulatory system) was born on this day in history.  

1850  On this day in history birth of otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912)  

1852  On this day in history birth of hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (d. 1933)  

1854  On July - 12 birth of george Eastman, Waterville NY, inventor (Kodak camera)  

1861  Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer was born on this day in history.  

1863  Albert Calmette, French physician (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.  

1863  Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (d. 1906) was born on July - 12.  

1864  On July - 12 birth of george Washington Carver, botanist (studied the peanut) [or Jan 10]  

1868  Stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal) was born on July - 12.  

1870  On July - 12 birth of louis II of Monaco (d. 1949)  

1876  On July - 12 birth of max Jacob, French poet (d. 1944)  

1880  On this day in history birth of tod Browning, American film director (d. 1962)  

1881  Ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12] was born on this day in history.  

1884  On this day in history birth of amedeo Modigliani, Italy, painter/sculptor (Reclining Nude)  

1884  Joseph Crehan, Baltimore MD, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight) was born on July - 12.  

1885  George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer was born on July - 12.  

1886  On this day in history birth of jean Hersholt, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Men in White, Aryan)  

1888  Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat) was born on July - 12.  

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0783  On this day in history bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies  

1073  Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies on July - 12.  

1429  On July - 12 john [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65  

1441  Death of Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394) on this day in history.  

1450  Death of Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI on this day in history.  

1536  On this day in history desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies  

1545  Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies on this day in history.  

1575  On July - 12 renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies