Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1496  Gustav i of sweden: Gustav i of sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  Cosimo ii de' medici: Grand duke of tuscany   

1622  Louis de buade de frontenac: Governor general of new france   

1626  Louis hennepin: Flemish missionary   

1662  Jan f van bloom: [orizonte] flemish painter, baptized   

1670  August ii: The strong one, king of poland (355 children)   

1670  Frederick augustus i of poland: Frederick augustus i of poland (d. 1733)   

1679  Giovanni antonio ricieri: Composer   

1700  Luigi vanvitelli: Italian architect   

1725  Louis philippe i: Duke of orléans   

1739  Jan krtitel vanhal: Composer   

1751  Gaetano manna: Composer   

1754  Franz anton hoffmeister: Composer   

1767  Manuel de godoy: Spanish statesman   

1776  Juan bros y bertomel: Composer   

1790  [johannes] carsten hauch: Danish writer   

1797  Johann hermann kufferath: Composer   

1803  Justus freiherr von liebig: German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

1804  Robert baldwin: (l) help establish govt in canada (or 1904)   

1806  Amos beebe eaton: Bvt major general (union army), died in 1877   

1806  J v snellman: Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist   

1812  Edward lear: England, landscape painter, (complete nonsense book)   

1812  Louis ludwig blenker: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1863   

1813  Johann czerski: German chaplin   

1820  Florence nightingale: Florence italy, nurse (crimean war)   

1828  D g rossetti: Writer   

1828  Gabriel dante rossetti: England, poet/painter, pre-raphaelite   

1829  Paul karrer: Composer   

1829  Pavlos carrer: Greek composer   

1842  Jules emile fred massenet: Montaud france, composer (manon, le cid)   

1845  Gabriel urbain faure: Pamiers france, composer (requiem, ballade)   

1850  Henry cabot lodge: U.s. statesman   

1863  Charles bordes: Composer   

1867  Hugh trumble: Cricket off-spinner (great aust at turn of century)   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

0912  Leo vi sophos: Byzantine emperor (886-912),   

1003  Gerbert: French scholar,   

1012  Sergius iv: [pietro crescentii], italian pope (1009-12),   

1382  Johanna i: Queen of naples/provence,   

1465  Thomas palaeologus: Despot of the despotate of morea   

1634  George chapman: English dramatist/interpreter,   

1641  Thomas wentworth: English viceroy of ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  Isaac doreslaer: English lawyer/diplomat, murdered