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1612
EventsBirths - January 17 - Thomas Fairfax, English Civil War general (d. 1671)
- February 22 - George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)
- February 28 - John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)
- June 16 - Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1640)
- June 23 - André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)
- June 25 - John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (d. 1634)
- August 28 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)
- November 17 - Dorgon, Manchu prince (d. 1650)
- December 4 - Samuel Butler, English satirist (d. 1680)
- December 12 - Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1670)
- Antoine Arnauld, French theologian (d. 1694)
- Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, French colonial missionary and first governor of Montréal (d. 1676)
- James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish soldier (d. 1650)
See also @ 1612 births. Deaths - January 20 - Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1552)
- February 12 - Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1538)
- April 11 - Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (b. 1535)
- April 11 - Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (burned at the stake) (b. 1566)
- May 24 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (b. 1563)
- June 8 - Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (b. 1562)
- July 29 - Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
- August 4 - Hugh Broughton, English scholar (b. 1549)
- August 12 - Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer
- September 9 - Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese warlord (b. 1570)
- September 12 - Tsar Vasili IV of Russia (b. 1552)
- October 7 - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet (b. 1538)
- November 6 - Henry, Prince of Wales (b. 1594)
- November 12 - John Harington, English writer (b. 1561)
See also @ 1612 deaths.
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