Famous Birthdays In August - 12

1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on August - 12.   

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

1592  On August - 12 birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  On August - 12 birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

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

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

1647  Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian   

1720  Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778) was born on August - 12.   

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

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

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

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

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  Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson was born on this day in history.   

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  Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer was born on August - 12.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1849  On this day in history birth of abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist   

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

1854  On August - 12 birth of alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith   

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0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on August - 12.   

0875  On this day in history 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  Philip VI, king of France, dies on August - 12.   

1424  On August - 12 death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)   

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

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on August - 12.