Famous Birthdays In July - 12

1394  Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441) was born on this day in history.   

1644  Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals) was born on this day in history.   

1675  Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer was born on July - 12.   

1730  Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood) was born on July - 12.   

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

1794  Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist was born on this day in history.   

1801  On July - 12 birth of john Hill Hewitt, composer   

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

1803  On July - 12 birth of peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)   

1807  On July - 12 birth of silas Casey, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1882   

1817  Henry David Thoreau, Concord Mass, naturalist/pacifist (Walden Pond) was born on July - 12.   

1821  Cesare Dominiceti, composer was born on July - 12.   

1821  On this day in history birth of daniel Harvey Hill, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

1824  Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898) was born on July - 12.   

1828  Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher (d. 1889) was born on July - 12.   

1840  Abraham Goldfaden, Eastern European Yiddish dramatist was born on July - 12.   

1849  William Osler, Canada, physician/author (circulatory system) was born on this day in history.   

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

1852  On this day in history birth of hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (d. 1933)   

1854  George Eastman, Waterville NY, inventor (Kodak camera) was born on this day in history.   

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

1863  On July - 12 birth of albert Calmette, French physician (d. 1933)   

1863  Paul Karl Ludwig Drude, German physicist (d. 1906) was born on July - 12.   

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

1868  On this day in history birth of stefan George, Germany, lyric poet (Algabal)   

1870  Louis II of Monaco (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.   

1876  Max Jacob, French poet (d. 1944) was born on July - 12.   

1880  Tod Browning, American film director (d. 1962) was born on July - 12.   

1881  Ludwig Rubiner, writer [or June 12] was born on July - 12.   

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

1884  Joseph Crehan, Baltimore MD, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight) was born on July - 12.   

1885  On this day in history birth of george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer   

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

1888  Tojohiko Kagawa, Japan, Christian-social reformer (Grain of Wheat) was born on this day in history.   

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0783  Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies on this day in history.   

1073  Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1429  On July - 12 john [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65   

1441  On July - 12 death of ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)   

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 July - 12.   

1545  On July - 12 maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies   

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