Historical Events In August - 12
Thursday, 25 February 2021
1822 Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies on this day in history.
1825 Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer on this day in history.
1827 William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1829 On this day in history john Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1830 Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50 on August - 12.
1831 On this day in history dutch troops conquer Leuven
1832 Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor on this day in history.
1833 Chicago is founded on August - 12.
1833 On August - 12 william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1838 On August - 12 joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
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 this day in history macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)
1848 On August - 12 george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies
1849 Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist on August - 12.
1849 On this day in history abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88
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 On August - 12 jean Louis Nicode, composer
1854 Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith on this day in history.
1856 Anthony Fass patents accordion on August - 12.
1857 William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on August - 12.
1859 Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful) on August - 12.
1861 On August - 12 skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians
1862 On this day in history gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX
1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX on this day in history.
1863 On August - 12 first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)
1863 On this day in history 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 On this day in history william Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies
1866 Jacinto Benavente y MartÃnez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922) on this day in history.
1867 On this day in history pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton
1867 Edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology) on August - 12.
1868 Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) on August - 12.
1875 Ettore Panizza, composer on this day in history.
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