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Jul 12 1394

Ashikaga Yoshinori Japanese shgun (1429-41) (d. 1441)

Jul 12 1644

Arnold Moonen Dutch vicar and linguist (Davids holy saint graduals) born in Zwolle Netherlands (d. 1711)

Jul 12 1675

Evaristo Felice dallAbaco Italian cellist and composer born in Verona Italy (d. 1742)

Jul 12 1730

Josiah Wedgwood English pottery designer and manufacturer (Wedgwood) born in Burslem Staffordshire England (d. 1795)

Jul 12 1757

Christian Danner German violinist and composer born in Schwetzingen Germany (d. 1813)

Jul 12 1802

Charles-Louis Hanssens Belgian composer born in Ghent Belgium (d. 1871)

Jul 12 1803

Peter Chanel French priest and saint born in Montrevel-en-Bresse Ain France (d. 1841)

Jul 12 1807

Silas Casey American Major General (Union Army) born in East Greenwich Rhode Island (d. 1882)

Jul 12 1813

Claude Bernard French physiologist involved in the founding of modern physiology (blind experiments) born in Saint-Julien Rhne (d. 1878)

Jul 12 1821

Cesare Dominiceti Italian composer born in Desenzano del Garda Italy (d. 1888)

Jul 12 1821

Daniel Harvey Hill Confederate General (American Civil War) born in York District South Carolina (d. 1889)

Jul 12 1824

Eugne Boudin French painter (beach scenes) born in Honfleur France (d. 1898)

Jul 12 1828

N.G. [Nikolay Gavrilovich] Chernyshevsky Russian philosopher (What Is to Be Done) born in Saratov Russia (d. 1889)

Jul 12 1840

Abraham Goldfaden Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright (Shulamis) born in Starokostiantyniv Russian Empire (d. 1908)

Jul 12 1849

William Osler Canadian physician and author (circulatory system) born in Bond Head Province of Canada (1919)

Jul 12 1850

Otto Schoetensack German anthropologist born in Stendal Saxony-Anhalt Germany (d. 1912)

Jul 12 1861

Anton Arensky Russian composer born in Novgorod Russia (d. 1906)

Jul 12 1863

Albert Calmette French physician bacteriologist and immunologist (Bacillus Calmette-Gurin) born in Nice France (d. 1933)

Jul 12 1863

Paul Karl Ludwig Drude German physicist (optics) born in Brunswick Germany (d. 1906)

Jul 12 1864

George Washington Carver African-American agricultural scientist (studied the peanut) born in Diamond Grove Missouri [or Jan 10] (d. 1934)

Jul 12 1868

Stefan George German lyric poet (Algabal) born in Bdesheim Germany (d. 1933)

Jul 12 1870

Louis II [Louis Honor Charles Antoine Grimaldi] Prince of Monaco born in Baden-Baden Germany (d. 1949)

Jul 12 1876

Max Jacob French poet and writer born in Quimper Brittany France (d. 1944)

Jul 12 1879

Han Yong-woon Korean Buddhist reformer and poet born in Yucheon Hongseong South Korea (d. 1944)

Jul 12 1880

Tod Browning American film director (Dracula) born in Louisville Kentucky (d. 1962)

Jul 12 1881

Ludwig Rubiner German poet and essayist born in Berlin (d. 1920)

Jul 12 1883

Joseph Crehan American actor (The Roaring Twenties Meeting at Midnight) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1966)

Jul 12 1884

Louis B. Mayer American film producer and creator of the star system (MGM) born in Minsk Russian Empire (d. 1957)

Jul 12 1884

Amedeo Modigliani Italian painter and sculptor (Reclining Nude) born in Livorno Tuscany Italy (d. 1920)

Jul 12 1885

George Butterworth English composer born in Paddington London (d. 1916)

Jul 12 1886

Jean Hersholt Danish actor (Heidi Greed Men in White Aryan) born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1956)

Jul 12 1892

Bruno Schulz Polish writer (The Street of Crocodiles) born in Drohobych Austrian Galicia (d. 1942)

Jul 12 1895

Kirsten Flagstad Norwegian soprano (Wagner) born in Hamar Norway (d. 1962)

Jul 12 1109 Crusaders capture Syrias harbor city of Tripoli

Jul 12 1542 French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupy Flanders

Jul 12 1580 Ostrog Bible the first printed Bible in a Slavic language is published

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