Famous Birthdays In May - 12

1401  Emperor Shōkō (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)   

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0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.   

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered