Famous Birthdays In August - 12

1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 12.  

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on August - 12.  

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1629  On August - 12 birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)  

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

1644  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1720  On August - 12 birth of konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)  

1744  Rowland Hill, preacher was born on this day in history.  

1751  Johann Baptist Lasser, composer was born on this day in history.  

1753  On this day in history birth of thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables)  

1757  ALF, alien life form (ALF) was born on this day in history.  

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

1762  On August - 12 birth of king George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830)  

1774  Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson was born on August - 12.  

1778  On August - 12 birth of francis Horner, politician  

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

1819  Daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

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

1825  On this day in history birth of frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer  

1829  John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on August - 12.  

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

1833  On August - 12 birth of william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

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

1848  On this day in history 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  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith was born on this day in history.  

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0030  On August - 12 death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)  

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 August - 12.  

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 August - 12 sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies  

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)