Famous Birthdays In May - 12

1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.  

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)  

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  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 May - 12.  

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

1700  On this day in history birth of luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect  

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1725  On May - 12 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  On May - 12 birth of gaetano Manna, composer  

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 May - 12 birth of juan Bros y Bertomel, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

1806  On this day in history 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 May - 12 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 this day in history birth of johann Czerski, German chaplin  

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  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 this day in history 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  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  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  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.  

1634  On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies  

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.