Famous Birthdays In May - 12

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

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 this day in history.  

1662  On May - 12 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 May - 12 birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer  

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

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1725  On May - 12 birth of louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)  

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer was born on this day in history.  

1739  Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer was born on this day in history.  

1751  On this day in history birth of gaetano Manna, composer  

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

1767  On this day in history birth of manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)  

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1797  On May - 12 birth of johann Hermann Kufferath, composer  

1803  Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) was born on May - 12.  

1804  Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) was born on May - 12.  

1806  Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 was born on May - 12.  

1806  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on May - 12.  

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on this day in history.  

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

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on May - 12.  

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