Famous Birthdays In May - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1401 Emperor ShÅkÅ (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.
1496 Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.
1590 Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.
1622 Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.
1626 On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)
1662 Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.
1670 August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on this day in history.
1670 On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)
1679 On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer
1700 On this day in history birth of luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect
1725 On this day in history birth of louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
1739 On this day in history birth of jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer
1739 Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer was born on this day in history.
1751 Gaetano Manna, composer was born on May - 12.
1754 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer was born on May - 12.
1767 Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851) was born on this day in history.
1776 On May - 12 birth of juan Bros y Bertomel, composer
1790 [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer was born on this day in history.
1797 On May - 12 birth of johann Hermann Kufferath, composer
1803 Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) was born on this day in history.
1804 Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) was born on this day in history.
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 Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) was born on May - 12.
1812 Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on May - 12.
1813 On this day in history birth of johann Czerski, German chaplin
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 Paul Karrer, composer was born on May - 12.
1829 Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896) was born on May - 12.
1842 Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid) was born on May - 12.
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)