Famous Birthdays In August - 12
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1503 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1626 Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.
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 this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)
1686 John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748) was born on August - 12.
1696 Maurice Greene, composer was born on August - 12.
1720 Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian was born on this day in history.
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 Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables) was born on August - 12.
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 King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830) was born on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history 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 August - 12 birth of william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1838 On this day in history birth of joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
1848 On August - 12 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 August - 12.