Famous Personalities Born In May - 12
Saturday, 05 July 2025
1401 On this day in history birth of emperor ShÅkÅ (d. 1428)
1496 Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.
1590 Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.
1622 On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
1626 On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)
1662 Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.
1670 August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.
1670 On this day in history 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.
1725 Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785) was born on this day in history.
1739 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history birth of juan Bros y Bertomel, composer
1790 On this day in history birth of [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer
1797 Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer was born on May - 12.
1803 Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) was born on this day in history.
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 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 Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on May - 12.
1813 Johann Czerski, German chaplin was born on May - 12.
1820 On May - 12 birth of florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)
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 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 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 May - 12.