Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1401  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on this day in history.   

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

1679  On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

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 May - 12.   

1739  On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Vanhal, composer   

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1776  On this day in history 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  Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) was born on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history birth of louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin was born on May - 12.   

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  Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite was born on May - 12.   

1829  On May - 12 birth of paul Karrer, composer   

1829  Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896) was born on May - 12.   

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 May - 12.   

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0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

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

1382  On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

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

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.   

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

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