Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12
Monday, 15 September 2025
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 Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.
1350 Philip VI, king of France, dies on August - 12.
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 Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history death of ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1615)
1654 Cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76 on August - 12.
1660 On this day in history gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33
1674 Philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies on this day in history.
1675 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73 on this day in history.
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 August - 12.
1728 On August - 12 henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61
1750 Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies on this day in history.
1778 Death of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714) on August - 12.
1797 On August - 12 ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73
1809 Death of Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738) on this day in history.
1810 On August - 12 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 this day in history.
1822 On this day in history robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies
1827 William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 on August - 12.
1830 On this day in history franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50
1848 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.
1849 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88 on August - 12.
1857 On this day in history william Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies
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