Famous Personalities Born 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  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 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  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

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

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

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  On May - 12 birth of gaetano Manna, composer   

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

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

1797  On this day in history birth of johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

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  Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) was born on this day in history.   

1812  On May - 12 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  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) was born on May - 12.   

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

1829  On this day in history 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  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 May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

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

1012  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.   

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.