Famous Birthdays In May - 12

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

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1700  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect was born on this day in history.  

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1725  On this day in history birth of louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)  

1739  On this day in history birth of jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer  

1739  Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer was born on May - 12.  

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

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

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  [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer was born on this day in history.  

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 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  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  On May - 12 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 this day in history birth of gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite  

1829  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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0912  On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45  

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome  

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.  

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

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

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

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

1649  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered