Page 3: Historical Events In August - 12

1822  Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies on August - 12.   

1825  On August - 12 frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer   

1827  On this day in history william Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69   

1829  On this day in history john Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1830  Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history dutch troops conquer Leuven   

1832  On August - 12 hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor   

1833  On this day in history chicago is founded.   

1833  William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on August - 12.   

1838  Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal on this day in history.   

1845  Off Point Pelee, Ontario the steamships Kent and London collide in clear weather, with the loss of ten lives on August - 12.   

1848  Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile) on this day in history.   

1848  George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.   

1849  Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist on August - 12.   

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

1851  On this day in history isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine   

1851  On this day in history 1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora   

1853  Jean Louis Nicode, composer on August - 12.   

1854  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history anthony Fass patents accordion   

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

1859  On August - 12 katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)   

1861  On this day in history skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians   

1862  On August - 12 gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX   

1862  On this day in history gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX   

1863  First cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) on August - 12.   

1863  On August - 12 the first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet for export.   

1863  1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) on this day in history.   

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on this day in history.   

1866  On August - 12 jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)   

1867  On this day in history pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton   

1867  Edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology) on this day in history.   

1868  On this day in history frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)   

1875  Ettore Panizza, composer on August - 12.   

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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 this day in history birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

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  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

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

1644  On August - 12 birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer   

0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on this day in history.   

0875  On August - 12 louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50   

1158  On this day in history anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies   

1350  On August - 12 philip VI, king of France, dies   

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  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on this day in history.   

1577  On this day in history death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)