Famous Birthdays In May - 12

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

1496  On May - 12 birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)  

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  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 12.  

1670  On May - 12 birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)  

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

1679  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer was born on May - 12.  

1700  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect was born on this day in history.  

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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 May - 12.  

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1767  Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851) was born on May - 12.  

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

1790  [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer was born on this day in history.  

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

1803  Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) was born on this day in history.  

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

1806  On May - 12 birth of amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877  

1806  J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist was born on this day in history.  

1812  Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) was born on May - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

1820  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) was born on May - 12.  

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 May - 12.  

1829  Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896) was born on May - 12.  

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

1845  On May - 12 birth of gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)  

1850  Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924) was born on this day in history.  

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

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.  

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies  

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

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea  

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 this day in history.