Famous Birthdays In August - 12

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

1566  On this day in history 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  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on August - 12.  

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.  

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer  

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)  

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on this day in history.  

1644  On August - 12 birth of heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer  

1647  On August - 12 birth of johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)  

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1686  John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748) was born on August - 12.  

1696  Maurice Greene, composer was born on August - 12.  

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

1720  Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.  

1744  On this day in history birth of rowland Hill, preacher  

1751  On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Lasser, composer  

1753  On August - 12 birth of thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables)  

1757  ALF, alien life form (ALF) was born on August - 12.  

1762  On August - 12 birth of george IV, king of England (1820-30)  

1762  King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830) was born on this day in history.  

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

1778  Francis Horner, politician was born on this day in history.  

1781  Robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument) was born on this day in history.  

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

1820  On August - 12 birth of oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation  

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

1829  John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on this day in history.  

1832  On August - 12 birth of hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor  

1833  William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1853  Jean Louis Nicode, composer was born on August - 12.  

1854  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith was born on August - 12.  

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

0875  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on August - 12.  

1158  On this day in history anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies  

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

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

1484  On this day in history sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies  

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.