Famous Birthdays In August - 12
Monday, 19 April 2021
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 Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on this day in history.
1604 Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.
1620 On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer
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 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer was born on this day in history.
1647 On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)
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 August - 12 birth of martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian
1720 On this day in history birth of konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)
1744 On August - 12 birth of rowland Hill, preacher
1751 On August - 12 birth of johann Baptist Lasser, composer
1753 Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables) was born on this day in history.
1757 On August - 12 birth of aLF, alien life form (ALF)
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 On August - 12 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 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 On this day in history birth of william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1838 On August - 12 birth of joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
1848 Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile) was born on August - 12.
1849 On August - 12 birth of abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist
1853 On this day in history birth of jean Louis Nicode, composer
1854 On this day in history birth of alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith