Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.  

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  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  Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45 on August - 12.  

1612  Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60 on this day in history.  

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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  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  On August - 12 death of king Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On August - 12 death of mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738)  

1810  On this day in history death of etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)  

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 August - 12 william Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69  

1830  On August - 12 franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50  

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

1849  Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1857  On August - 12 william Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies  

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1503  On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)  

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands  

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on August - 12.  

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

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer  

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

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)  

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