Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
0030 On this day in history death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)
0875 Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on August - 12.
1158 Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.
1350 Philip VI, king of France, dies on this day in history.
1424 Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on this day in history.
1484 On this day in history sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies
1546 Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on this day in history.
1577 On August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)
1588 Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45 on August - 12.
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 August - 12.
1648 On August - 12 death of ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1615)
1654 On August - 12 cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76
1660 Gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33 on August - 12.
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 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 On this day in history nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies
1728 On this day in history henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61
1750 On August - 12 rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies
1778 On August - 12 death of peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714)
1797 On August - 12 ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73
1809 Death of Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738) on August - 12.
1810 Death of Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725) on August - 12.
1811 On August - 12 john FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77
1812 Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81 on August - 12.
1822 Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history william Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69
1830 On this day in history franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50
1848 On this day in history george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies
1849 On this day in history abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88
1857 William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on August - 12.
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