Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

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

1590  On this day in history birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1670  On May - 12 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  On May - 12 birth of luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

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

1739  On May - 12 birth of jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history birth of juan Bros y Bertomel, composer   

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

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  On this day in history birth of robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)   

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 May - 12 birth of edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)   

1812  On May - 12 birth of louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

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

1820  On this day in history birth of florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

1828  D G Rossetti, writer was born on this day in history.   

1828  On this day in history birth of gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite   

1829  Paul Karrer, composer was born on May - 12.   

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

1842  On May - 12 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  On this day in history birth of henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)   

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

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  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

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

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

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered