Historical Events In August - 12

1822  Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies on this day in history.   

1825  Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer on August - 12.   

1827  William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1829  On August - 12 john Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1830  On this day in history franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50   

1831  On August - 12 dutch troops conquer Leuven   

1832  Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor on this day in history.   

1833  Chicago is founded on August - 12.   

1833  William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on August - 12.   

1838  Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal on August - 12.   

1845  On August - 12 off Point Pelee, Ontario the steamships Kent and London collide in clear weather, with the loss of ten lives.   

1848  On August - 12 macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)   

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

1849  Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist on this day in history.   

1849  Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88 on August - 12.   

1851  On August - 12 isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine   

1851  On this day in history 1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora   

1853  Jean Louis Nicode, composer on August - 12.   

1854  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith on this day in history.   

1856  Anthony Fass patents accordion on this day in history.   

1857  On August - 12 william Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies   

1859  On August - 12 katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)   

1861  On this day in history skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians   

1862  On August - 12 gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX   

1862  On August - 12 gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX   

1863  On August - 12 first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)   

1863  On August - 12 the first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet for export.   

1863  1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) on this day in history.   

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on this day in history.   

1866  On August - 12 jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)   

1867  Pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton on this day in history.   

1867  On August - 12 edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)   

1868  On August - 12 frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)   

1875  On August - 12 ettore Panizza, composer   

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

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on this day in history.   

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  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1629  On August - 12 birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1644  On August - 12 birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer   

0030  On this day in history death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)   

0875  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.   

1350  On August - 12 philip VI, king of France, dies   

1424  On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)   

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

1546  On this day in history francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

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