Famous Personalities Born In January - 12
Saturday, 22 February 2025
1483 On January - 12 birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland
1483 On this day in history birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)
1492 On January - 12 birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author
1562 Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on January - 12.
1576 On January - 12 birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian
1577 Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on January - 12.
1580 On January - 12 birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)
1580 On January - 12 birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)
1588 John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony) was born on January - 12.
1588 Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter was born on January - 12.
1591 On January - 12 birth of josé Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
1597 François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643) was born on this day in history.
1599 On January - 12 birth of adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter
1638 On this day in history birth of ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)
1665 On January - 12 birth of pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician
1674 Reinhard Keiser, composer was born on January - 12.
1711 On January - 12 birth of gaetano Latilla, composer
1715 Jacques Duphly, composer was born on January - 12.
1716 On January - 12 birth of antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)
1721 On this day in history birth of duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)
1723 Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.
1729 On this day in history birth of edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [OS=Jan 1]
1729 Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist was born on January - 12.
1730 On this day in history birth of johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer
1737 Brizio Petrucci, composer was born on January - 12.
1737 John Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.
1746 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland, educator [OS] was born on January - 12.
1749 On January - 12 birth of ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat
1751 Ferdinand I, king of Sicily & Naples was born on this day in history.
1751 Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib) was born on January - 12.
1751 On January - 12 birth of ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)
1772 On January - 12 birth of count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)
1780 Wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist was born on this day in history.
1783 Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen) was born on January - 12.