Famous Personalities Born In May - 12

1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.   

1590  On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  On May - 12 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

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

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  On May - 12 birth of johann Baptist Vanhal, composer   

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

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 May - 12.   

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

1806  On this day in history 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 May - 12 birth of louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin was born on May - 12.   

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  On May - 12 birth of gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite   

1829  On this day in history birth of paul Karrer, composer   

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

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

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

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on this day in history.   

1634  On May - 12 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.