Famous Birthdays In May - 12

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 12.  

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

1700  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect was born on May - 12.  

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1725  Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785) was born on May - 12.  

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

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

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

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

1767  Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851) was born on this day in history.  

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

1790  On May - 12 birth of [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer  

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

1803  Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 May - 12.  

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 May - 12 birth of d G Rossetti, writer  

1828  Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1842  Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid) was born on May - 12.  

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)  

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

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome  

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

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.