Historical Events In August - 12
Monday, 23 May 2022
1822 On this day in history robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies
1825 On this day in history frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer
1827 On August - 12 william Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69
1829 John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 on this day in history.
1830 Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1831 On this day in history dutch troops conquer Leuven
1832 On August - 12 hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor
1833 Chicago is founded on August - 12.
1833 William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.
1838 Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal on this day in history.
1845 Off Point Pelee, Ontario the steamships Kent and London collide in clear weather, with the loss of ten lives on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)
1848 On this day in history george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies
1849 On August - 12 abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist
1849 On August - 12 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 August - 12 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 this day in history.
1859 Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful) on August - 12.
1861 Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians on August - 12.
1862 Gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX on August - 12.
1862 On this day in history gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX
1863 First cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) on August - 12.
1863 The first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet for export on August - 12.
1863 1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) on August - 12.
1865 On August - 12 william Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies
1866 Jacinto Benavente y MartÃnez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922) on August - 12.
1867 On August - 12 pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton
1867 Edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology) on August - 12.
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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