Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 12.   

1626  On this day in history 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  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1679  Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history birth of luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

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

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer was born on May - 12.   

1754  On May - 12 birth of franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer   

1767  On May - 12 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 this day in history birth of johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

1803  On May - 12 birth of justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1812  On this day in history 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  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) was born on May - 12.   

1828  On May - 12 birth of d G Rossetti, writer   

1828  Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 May - 12.   

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  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

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

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

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

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