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 May - 12.  

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 May - 12.  

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

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

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1725  On this day in history birth of louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)  

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  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1776  On this day in history birth of juan Bros y Bertomel, composer  

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  On this day in history birth of robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)  

1806  Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 was born on this day in history.  

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  Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin was born on this day in history.  

1820  On May - 12 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  On May - 12 birth of paul Karrer, composer  

1829  On May - 12 birth of pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)  

1842  On this day in history birth of jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)  

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 May - 12.  

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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 this day in history.  

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies  

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies  

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

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered