Famous Birthdays In August - 12

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

1566  On August - 12 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 August - 12 birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)  

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer  

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer  

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

1644  On August - 12 birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer  

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)  

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1686  On August - 12 birth of john Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)  

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 this day in history birth of konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)  

1744  Rowland Hill, preacher was born on August - 12.  

1751  On August - 12 birth of johann Baptist Lasser, composer  

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

1757  On August - 12 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 August - 12.  

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

1778  On August - 12 birth of francis Horner, politician  

1781  On this day in history birth of robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument)  

1819  Daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 was born on August - 12.  

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

1825  On August - 12 birth of frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer  

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

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 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 this day in history birth of abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist  

1853  On this day in history birth of jean Louis Nicode, composer  

1854  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith was born on August - 12.  

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0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on August - 12.  

0875  On August - 12 louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50  

1158  On this day in history anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies  

1350  On August - 12 philip VI, king of France, dies  

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  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.  

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