Famous Birthdays In May - 12

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

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 this day in history.  

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)  

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.  

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 12.  

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

1670  On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)  

1679  On May - 12 birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer  

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

1725  Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785) was born on this day in history.  

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer was born on May - 12.  

1739  Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer was born on May - 12.  

1767  On this day in history birth of manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)  

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1797  On May - 12 birth of johann Hermann Kufferath, composer  

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

1804  On May - 12 birth of robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)  

1806  Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 was born on May - 12.  

1806  On May - 12 birth of j V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist  

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  On May - 12 birth of d G Rossetti, writer  

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

1829  Paul Karrer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1829  Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.  

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

1845  On this day in history birth of gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)  

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

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0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45  

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

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies  

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.  

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.  

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.  

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.  

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