Famous Birthdays In May - 12

1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)  

1496  On May - 12 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  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)  

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1670  On May - 12 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  

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1725  On May - 12 birth of louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)  

1739  On May - 12 birth of jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer  

1739  On May - 12 birth of johann Baptist Vanhal, composer  

1751  On this day in history birth of gaetano Manna, composer  

1754  On May - 12 birth of franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer  

1767  Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851) was born on May - 12.  

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

1790  [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer was born on May - 12.  

1797  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer was born on May - 12.  

1803  On this day in history birth of justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)  

1804  Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) was born on May - 12.  

1806  On May - 12 birth of amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877  

1806  J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist was born on May - 12.  

1812  Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) was born on May - 12.  

1812  Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin was born on this day in history.  

1820  On May - 12 birth of florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)  

1828  On this day in history birth of d G Rossetti, writer  

1828  On this day in history birth of gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite  

1829  On May - 12 birth of paul Karrer, composer  

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 May - 12.  

1850  On May - 12 birth of henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)  

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0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.  

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.  

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies  

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

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea  

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

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48  

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered