Famous Personalities Born In May - 12
Saturday, 08 February 2025
1401 On this day in history birth of emperor ShÅkÅ (d. 1428)
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 May - 12.
1622 On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)
1626 Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.
1662 On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized
1670 August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.
1670 On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)
1679 On May - 12 birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer
1700 Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect was born on this day in history.
1725 On May - 12 birth of louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
1739 On May - 12 birth of jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer
1739 On May - 12 birth of johann Baptist Vanhal, composer
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 On this day in history birth of juan Bros y Bertomel, composer
1790 On May - 12 birth of [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer
1797 Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer was born on May - 12.
1803 On this day in history birth of justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)
1804 On this day in history birth of robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)
1806 On May - 12 birth of amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877
1806 On May - 12 birth of j V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist
1812 On May - 12 birth of edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
1812 Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on May - 12.
1813 On May - 12 birth of johann Czerski, German chaplin
1820 On May - 12 birth of florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)
1828 D G Rossetti, writer was born on this day in history.
1828 Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite was born on May - 12.
1829 Paul Karrer, composer was born on this day in history.
1829 On May - 12 birth of pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (d. 1896)
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 this day in history birth of henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (d. 1924)