In the year 1712, enslaved Africans revolt in New York City (Apr 6), Peter the Great moves the capital of Russia from Moscow to Saint Petersburg (May 19), a warrant is issued in Scotland for the arrest of outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor (Oct 3), John Arbuthnot creates the character of John Bull to represent Britain, the Great Northern War goes on - and all these fine people were born:

1712-xxxx Angélique du Coudray* pioneering midwife - Clermont-Ferrand, France (1794/c.82)
1712-xxxx Samuel Ellis* bought Oyster Island in 1774, afterwards renamed Ellis Island - Wales (1794/c. 82)

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1712-0105 Ludwig van Beethoven the elder* singer/music director/ grandfather of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven - Mechelen, Austrian Netherlands (1773/61)
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1712-0113 Jaakko Esanpoika Rinta-Nikkola** father of Peeta Jaakontytär Lusa - Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1767/55)
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1712-0202 Lydia Taft* (b Chapin) suffragist/the first woman known to legally vote in colonial America - Mendon, Massachusetts Colony, British America (1778/66)

1712-0308 John Fothergill* physician/plant collector/philanthropist - Carr End, Yorkshire, England (1780/68)

1712-0423 Devasahayam Pillai* beatified Indian Catholic - Palliyadi, Kingdom of Travancore (1752/39)

1712-0502 Thomas Bond* physician/surgeon/co-founder of the Pennsylvania Hospital - Calvert County, Province of Maryland, British America (1784/70)

1712-0611 Benjamin Ingham* cleric/missionary - Ossett, Yorkshire, England (1772/c.60)
1712-0628 Jean-Jacques Rousseau* philosopher/writer/composer - Geneva, Republic of Geneva (1778/66)

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1712-0702 Liisa Juhontytär Rinta-Nikkola** (b Pietilä ) mother of Peeta Jaakontytär Lusa - Ilmajoki, Sweden-Finland (1751/39)
1712-0704 George Hadow* British historian/professor of Hebrew and oriental languages  - Scotland? (1780/68)
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1712-0725 Vincenzo Miotti* Italian physicist/astronomer - Murano, Holy Roman Empire (1787/74)
1712-0731 Johann Samuel König* German mathematician - Büdingen (1757/45)

1712-0824 Michel-Barthélémy Ollivier* painter/engraver - France (1784/71)
1712-0826 Sarah Clayton* industrialist/ the ‘Queen of Parr’ in Liverpool - Liverpool, England (1779/66) Liverpool Picturebook

1712-1018 Jeremias van Riemsdijk* merchant/colonial administrator in the Dutch East Indies - Utrecht, Dutch Republic (1777/64)
1712-1030 Giovanni de Soldanis* linguist/historian/cleric - Rabat, Gozo, Malta (1770/57)

1712-1107 Antoine Choquet de Lindu* French architect/military engineer - Brest (1790/77)
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1712-1114 Antti Laurinpoika Bredarholm** father of Christina Andersdotter Torp - Edsevö, Bredarholm, Pietarsaari, Sweden-Finland (1771/58)
1712-1120 Guillaume Voiriot* portrait painter - Paris, France (1799/86)
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1712-1203 William Sawyer* cricketer - Richmond, Surrey, England (1761/48)
1712-1211 Francesco Algarotti* polymath/ anglophile/art collector - Venice, Republic of Venice (1764/51)

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