Famous Birthdays In January - 12

1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on January - 12.   

1483  On January - 12 birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)   

1492  On January - 12 birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1576  Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)   

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

1580  On this day in history birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)   

1588  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)   

1588  On January - 12 birth of jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter   

1591  José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652) was born on this day in history.   

1597  François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On January - 12 birth of adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter   

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

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician was born on January - 12.   

1674  On January - 12 birth of reinhard Keiser, composer   

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

1715  Jacques Duphly, composer was born on January - 12.   

1716  Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.   

1721  Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792) was born on January - 12.   

1723  On this day in history birth of samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)   

1729  Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1] was born on January - 12.   

1729  On this day in history birth of lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist   

1730  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS] was born on January - 12.   

1749  On January - 12 birth of ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat   

1751  Ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples was born on this day in history.   

1751  Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib) was born on January - 12.   

1751  On January - 12 birth of ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)   

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

1780  On this day in history birth of wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist   

1783  Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on this day in history.   

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0689  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies   

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on January - 12.   

1321  On January - 12 death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

1390  On January - 12 peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67   

1519  On January - 12 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 this day in history.