Historical Events In August - 12

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

1825  Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer on this day in history.  

1827  On August - 12 william Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69  

1829  On August - 12 john Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902  

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

1831  On August - 12 dutch troops conquer Leuven  

1832  Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor on this day in history.  

1833  On August - 12 chicago is founded.  

1833  On August - 12 william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

1838  On August - 12 joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal  

1845  On this day in history off Point Pelee, Ontario the steamships Kent and London collide in clear weather, with the loss of ten lives.  

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

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  William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)  

1861  Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians on August - 12.  

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

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

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  On August - 12 1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)  

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on August - 12.  

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 August - 12 edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)  

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

1875  Ettore Panizza, composer on August - 12.  

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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 this day in history.  

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)  

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer  

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.  

1629  On August - 12 birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)  

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0875  On this day in history louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50  

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  On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)  

1484  On August - 12 sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies  

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.