Famous Deaths In August - 12

0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on August - 12.  

0875  On this day in history louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50  

1158  On August - 12 anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies  

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on August - 12.  

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on this day in history.  

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on August - 12.  

1546  On August - 12 francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies  

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45  

1612  On August - 12 giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60  

1633  Jacopo Peri, Itallian opera composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1638  Johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81 on August - 12.  

1648  On this day in history death of ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1615)  

1654  On this day in history cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76  

1660  Gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33 on August - 12.  

1674  Philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies on August - 12.  

1675  Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73 on August - 12.  

1676  On this day in history death of king Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death  

1689  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Pope (1676-89), dies at 78 on August - 12.  

1715  Nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies on this day in history.  

1728  On this day in history henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61  

1750  On this day in history rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies  

1778  Death of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714) on this day in history.  

1797  Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 on August - 12.  

1809  On this day in history death of mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738)  

1810  Death of Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725) on August - 12.  

1811  On this day in history john FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77  

1812  On this day in history jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81  

1822  Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies on August - 12.  

1827  On August - 12 william Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69  

1830  On August - 12 franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50  

1848  George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.  

1849  Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1857  William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on this day in history.  

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1503  On August - 12 birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)  

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands  

1592  On August - 12 birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)  

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)  

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer  

1626  On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer  

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.  

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.