Famous Deaths In August - 12
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0030 Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on this day in history.
0875 Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on this day in history.
1158 On August - 12 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 On August - 12 sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies
1546 Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.
1577 Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on this day in history.
1588 Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
1612 Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60 on August - 12.
1633 Jacopo Peri, Itallian opera composer, dies at 71 on August - 12.
1638 Johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81 on this day in history.
1648 Death of Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1615) on this day in history.
1654 Cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76 on August - 12.
1660 Gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33 on this day in history.
1674 Philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies on this day in history.
1675 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73 on August - 12.
1676 On August - 12 death of king Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death
1689 Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Pope (1676-89), dies at 78 on August - 12.
1715 On August - 12 nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies
1728 Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1750 On this day in history rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies
1778 Death of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714) on this day in history.
1797 On this day in history ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73
1809 On this day in history death of mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738)
1810 Death of Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725) on August - 12.
1811 John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77 on August - 12.
1812 Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81 on August - 12.
1822 On August - 12 robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies
1827 William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1830 Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1848 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on August - 12.
1849 On August - 12 abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88
1857 On this day in history william Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies
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