Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12
Sunday, 06 July 2025
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 August - 12.
1158 Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.
1350 On August - 12 philip VI, king of France, dies
1424 Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on this day in history.
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.
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 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 August - 12.
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 this day in history.
1674 Philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies on August - 12.
1675 On this day in history karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73
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 this day in history.
1715 Nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies on this day in history.
1728 Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1750 Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies on August - 12.
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 this day in history.
1811 John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77 on August - 12.
1812 Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies
1827 On August - 12 william Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69
1830 Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50 on August - 12.
1848 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.
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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