Famous Personalities Born In May - 12
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1401 On this day in history birth of emperor ShÅkÅ (d. 1428)
1496 Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.
1590 On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)
1622 On May - 12 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
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 May - 12 birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)
1670 On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)
1679 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer was born on May - 12.
1700 On this day in history birth of luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect
1725 Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785) was born on May - 12.
1739 On this day in history birth of jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer
1739 On May - 12 birth of johann Baptist Vanhal, composer
1751 Gaetano Manna, composer was born on May - 12.
1754 On this day in history birth of franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer
1767 Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851) was born on May - 12.
1776 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer was born on May - 12.
1790 On this day in history birth of [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer
1797 On this day in history birth of johann Hermann Kufferath, composer
1803 Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) was born on May - 12.
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 On this day in history birth of j V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist
1812 On this day in history birth of edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
1812 On May - 12 birth of louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1813 Johann Czerski, German chaplin was born on May - 12.
1820 On this day in history birth of florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)
1828 D G Rossetti, writer was born on May - 12.
1828 On May - 12 birth of gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite
1829 On this day in history birth of paul Karrer, composer
1829 Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896) was born on May - 12.
1842 On May - 12 birth of jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)
1845 On May - 12 birth of gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)
1850 On May - 12 birth of henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)