Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12
Friday, 18 July 2025
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 August - 12.
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 On this day in history francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies
1577 On this day in history death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)
1588 On August - 12 alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45
1612 Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60 on August - 12.
1633 Jacopo Peri, Itallian opera composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1638 Johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81 on August - 12.
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 this day in history.
1660 Gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33 on August - 12.
1674 On this day in history philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies
1675 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1676 Death of King Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death on this day in history.
1689 On this day in history innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Pope (1676-89), dies at 78
1715 Nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies on August - 12.
1728 Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61 on August - 12.
1750 Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies on this day in history.
1778 Death of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714) on August - 12.
1797 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 on August - 12.
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 this day in history.
1811 On this day in history john FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77
1812 Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50
1848 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.
1849 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88 on August - 12.
1857 William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on this day in history.
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