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  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 this day in history birth of heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer  

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

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

1696  On this day in history birth of maurice Greene, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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

1751  Johann Baptist Lasser, composer was born on August - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

1762  On this day in history birth of george IV, king of England (1820-30)  

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

1774  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864  

1820  On this day in history birth of oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation  

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  William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on August - 12.  

1838  On this day in history birth of joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal  

1848  On this day in history birth of macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)  

1849  Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist was born on August - 12.  

1853  On August - 12 birth of jean Louis Nicode, composer  

1854  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith was born on this day in history.  

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0030  On this day in history death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)  

0875  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.  

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on this day in history.  

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

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on this day in history.  

1546  On August - 12 francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies  

1577  On this day in history death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)