Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12

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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1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on August - 12.   

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  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

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 August - 12.