Famous Birthdays In July - 12

1394  On July - 12 birth of ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)   

1644  On this day in history birth of arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals)   

1675  On July - 12 birth of evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer   

1730  On July - 12 birth of josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood)   

1757  Christian Danner, composer was born on July - 12.   

1794  On July - 12 birth of heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist   

1801  On this day in history birth of john Hill Hewitt, composer   

1802  Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer was born on July - 12.   

1803  On this day in history birth of peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)   

1807  On this day in history birth of silas Casey, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1882   

1817  Henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond) was born on this day in history.   

1821  On July - 12 birth of cesare Dominiceti, composer   

1821  Daniel Harvey Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1889 was born on July - 12.   

1824  On July - 12 birth of eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)   

1828  On July - 12 birth of nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (d. 1889)   

1840  On this day in history birth of abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist   

1849  On this day in history birth of william Osler, Canada, physician/author (circulatory system)   

1850  Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (d. 1912) was born on this day in history.   

1852  Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history birth of george Eastman, Waterville NY, inventor (Kodak camera)   

1861  On this day in history birth of anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

1863  Albert Calmette, French physician (d. 1933) was born on July - 12.   

1863  On this day in history birth of paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (d. 1906)   

1864  On this day in history birth of george Washington Carver, botanist (studied the peanut) [or Jan 10]   

1868  Stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal) was born on July - 12.   

1870  On this day in history birth of louis II of Monaco (d. 1949)   

1876  On July - 12 birth of max Jacob, French poet (d. 1944)   

1880  On July - 12 birth of tod Browning, American film director (d. 1962)   

1881  Ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12] was born on this day in history.   

1884  On July - 12 birth of amedeo Modigliani, Italy, painter/sculptor (Reclining Nude)   

1884  On this day in history birth of joseph Crehan, Baltimore MD, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight)   

1885  George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer was born on this day in history.   

1886  Jean Hersholt, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Men in White, Aryan) was born on this day in history.   

1888  On July - 12 birth of tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat)   

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0783  On July - 12 bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies   

1073  On July - 12 johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies   

1429  On this day in history john [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65   

1441  Death of Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394) on this day in history.   

1450  Death of Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI on this day in history.   

1536  Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies on this day in history.   

1545  Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies on this day in history.   

1575  Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies on this day in history.