Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

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

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

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  On May - 12 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 May - 12.   

1739  On this day in history birth of jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

1739  Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer was born on May - 12.   

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

1754  On this day in history birth of franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer   

1767  On May - 12 birth of manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)   

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 May - 12.   

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

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

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

1828  D G Rossetti, writer was born on May - 12.   

1828  Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite was born on May - 12.   

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

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

1842  Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid) was born on this day in history.   

1845  Gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade) was born on this day in history.   

1850  On May - 12 birth of henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)   

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0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

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

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

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

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on May - 12.