Historical Events In August - 12

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

1825  On this day in history frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer  

1827  William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1829  John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 on August - 12.  

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

1831  Dutch troops conquer Leuven on August - 12.  

1832  On this day in history hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor  

1833  Chicago is founded on August - 12.  

1833  On this day in history william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

1838  Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal on August - 12.  

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

1848  On this day in history macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)  

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

1849  On August - 12 abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist  

1849  On August - 12 abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88  

1851  On August - 12 isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine  

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

1853  On August - 12 jean Louis Nicode, composer  

1854  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith on August - 12.  

1856  On this day in history anthony Fass patents accordion  

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

1859  Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful) on this day in history.  

1861  Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians on this day in history.  

1862  Gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX on August - 12.  

1862  Gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX on this day in history.  

1863  On this day in history first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)  

1863  On this day in history 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  Jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922) on August - 12.  

1867  On August - 12 pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton  

1867  On this day in history edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)  

1868  Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) on this day in history.  

1875  On August - 12 ettore Panizza, composer  

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

0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on August - 12.  

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

1577  On August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)