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 August - 12.  

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.  

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on August - 12.  

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

1484  On this day in history sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies  

1546  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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1633  Jacopo Peri, Itallian opera composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1638  Johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  On August - 12 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  On this day in history rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies  

1778  On August - 12 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 this day in history.  

1811  On this day in history john FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.  

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.  

1644  On this day in history birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer