Famous Birthdays In January - 12

1483  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland   

1483  On this day in history birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)   

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  On January - 12 birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy   

1576  On this day in history birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on January - 12.   

1580  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on January - 12.   

1580  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on this day in history.   

1588  John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony) was born on this day in history.   

1588  Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter was born on January - 12.   

1591  On January - 12 birth of josé Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)   

1597  On January - 12 birth of françois Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)   

1599  Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter was born on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history birth of ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)   

1665  On January - 12 birth of pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician   

1674  Reinhard Keiser, composer was born on this day in history.   

1711  Gaetano Latilla, composer was born on January - 12.   

1715  Jacques Duphly, composer was born on this day in history.   

1716  Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795) was born on January - 12.   

1721  On this day in history birth of duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)   

1723  Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1729  On January - 12 birth of edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1]   

1729  On January - 12 birth of lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist   

1730  On this day in history birth of johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer   

1737  On this day in history birth of brizio Petrucci, composer   

1737  John Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

1746  On January - 12 birth of johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS]   

1749  Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat was born on January - 12.   

1751  Ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples was born on January - 12.   

1751  Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib) was born on this day in history.   

1751  Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825) was born on this day in history.   

1772  Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839) was born on January - 12.   

1780  On January - 12 birth of wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist   

1783  Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on January - 12.   

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0689  On January - 12 benedict Biscop, English saint, dies   

1049  On January - 12 abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81   

1167  On this day in history aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56   

1321  On this day in history death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

1390  Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on January - 12.   

1519  On this day in history maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies   

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on January - 12.   

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on January - 12.