Famous Deaths In August - 12

0030  On August - 12 death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)  

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  Philip VI, king of France, dies on this day in history.  

1424  On August - 12 death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)  

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on this day in history.  

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  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1612  Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60 on August - 12.  

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1633  Jacopo Peri, Itallian opera composer, dies at 71 on August - 12.  

1638  On August - 12 johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81  

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  On August - 12 gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33  

1674  On August - 12 philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies  

1675  On August - 12 karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73  

1676  Death of King Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death on August - 12.  

1689  Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Pope (1676-89), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1715  On this day in history 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  Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies on this day in history.  

1778  On this day in history death of peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714)  

1797  Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1809  Death of Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81  

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 August - 12 franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50  

1848  On this day in history george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies  

1849  On August - 12 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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1503  On August - 12 birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)  

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.  

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on this day in history.  

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.  

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer  

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.  

1629  On August - 12 birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)  

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.