Famous Birthdays In August - 12

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

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.  

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

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer  

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.  

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

1644  Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer was born on this day in history.  

1647  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)  

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1686  On this day in history birth of john Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)  

1696  Maurice Greene, composer was born on this day in history.  

1720  On August - 12 birth of martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian  

1720  On this day in history birth of konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)  

1744  On August - 12 birth of rowland Hill, preacher  

1751  On August - 12 birth of johann Baptist Lasser, composer  

1753  Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables) was born on this day in history.  

1757  On August - 12 birth of aLF, alien life form (ALF)  

1762  George IV, king of England (1820-30) was born on this day in history.  

1762  King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830) was born on August - 12.  

1774  On August - 12 birth of robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson  

1778  Francis Horner, politician was born on August - 12.  

1781  Robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument) was born on August - 12.  

1819  On August - 12 birth of daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864  

1820  Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation was born on August - 12.  

1825  On August - 12 birth of frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer  

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

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

1833  On this day in history birth of william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

1838  On August - 12 birth of joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal  

1848  Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile) was born on August - 12.  

1849  On August - 12 birth of abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist  

1853  On this day in history birth of jean Louis Nicode, composer  

1854  On this day in history birth of alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith  

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0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on this day in history.  

0875  On August - 12 louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50  

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

1350  On this day in history philip VI, king of France, dies  

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on August - 12.  

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  On August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)