Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on May - 12.   

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.   

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 12.   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.   

1662  On this day in history birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1679  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer was born on May - 12.   

1700  On May - 12 birth of luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

1725  On this day in history birth of louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)   

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer was born on this day in history.   

1739  Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer was born on May - 12.   

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer was born on May - 12.   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer was born on this day in history.   

1767  On May - 12 birth of manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)   

1776  On May - 12 birth of juan Bros y Bertomel, composer   

1790  [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer was born on this day in history.   

1797  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer was born on this day in history.   

1803  On May - 12 birth of justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

1804  Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) was born on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history birth of amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877   

1806  J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist was born on this day in history.   

1812  On May - 12 birth of edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)   

1812  Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on May - 12.   

1813  On this day in history birth of johann Czerski, German chaplin   

1820  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) was born on May - 12.   

1828  D G Rossetti, writer was born on this day in history.   

1828  On May - 12 birth of gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite   

1829  Paul Karrer, composer was born on May - 12.   

1829  On May - 12 birth of pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)   

1842  On this day in history birth of jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)   

1845  Gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade) was born on this day in history.   

1850  Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.   

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0912  On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.   

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on May - 12.   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on May - 12.