Famous Birthdays In August - 12

1503  On August - 12 birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)  

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.  

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  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.  

1626  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1647  On August - 12 birth of johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)  

1686  John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748) was born on this day in history.  

1696  Maurice Greene, composer was born on August - 12.  

1720  On this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian  

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

1744  On August - 12 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 this day in history.  

1762  On this day in history birth of king George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830)  

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

1778  On August - 12 birth of francis Horner, politician  

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

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  Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer was born on August - 12.  

1829  On August - 12 birth of john Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902  

1832  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith was born on this day in history.  

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0030  On August - 12 death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)  

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

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.  

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on August - 12.  

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

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on August - 12.  

1546  On this day in history francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies  

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