Famous Birthdays In August - 12

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

1566  On this day in history birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands  

1592  On this day in history birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)  

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)  

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer  

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.  

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.  

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

1644  Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer was born on August - 12.  

1647  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)  

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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  Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian was born on August - 12.  

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

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

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

1753  Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables) was born on August - 12.  

1757  On this day in history birth of aLF, alien life form (ALF)  

1762  George IV, king of England (1820-30) was born on August - 12.  

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

1774  Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson was born on this day in history.  

1778  Francis Horner, politician was born on August - 12.  

1781  On August - 12 birth of robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument)  

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

1820  Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation was born on this day in history.  

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

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  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 August - 12.  

1424  On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)  

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

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

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on this day in history.