Famous Deaths Happened 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 August - 12.   

1158  On August - 12 anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies   

1350  On this day in history philip VI, king of France, dies   

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on August - 12.   

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on August - 12.   

1546  On August - 12 francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

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  On August - 12 jacopo Peri, Itallian opera composer, dies at 71   

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  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 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  On August - 12 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  Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1750  On August - 12 rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies   

1778  Death of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

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 August - 12 death of etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)   

1811  John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1812  On August - 12 jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81   

1822  On August - 12 robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies   

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  George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on August - 12.   

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 August - 12 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  On August - 12 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 this day in history.