Famous Birthdays In May - 12

1401  On this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  On May - 12 birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On May - 12 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.   

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  On May - 12 birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

1679  On May - 12 birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

1700  On this day in history birth of luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

1725  Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785) was born on this day in history.   

1739  On this day in history birth of jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

1739  Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer was born on May - 12.   

1751  On May - 12 birth of gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer was born on May - 12.   

1767  On this day in history birth of manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (d. 1851)   

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1790  [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer was born on May - 12.   

1797  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

1806  On this day in history birth of amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877   

1806  J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist was born on this day in history.   

1812  On this day in history birth of edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)   

1812  Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history birth of johann Czerski, German chaplin   

1820  On May - 12 birth of florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

1828  On this day in history birth of d G Rossetti, writer   

1828  Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite was born on this day in history.   

1829  On May - 12 birth of paul Karrer, composer   

1829  Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896) was born on this day in history.   

1842  On this day in history birth of jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)   

1845  On this day in history birth of gabriel Urbain Faure, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)   

1850  Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924) was born on May - 12.   

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

1003  On May - 12 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  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.