Historical Events In August - 12

1822  On August - 12 robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies   

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

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

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

1830  On this day in history franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50   

1831  Dutch troops conquer Leuven on August - 12.   

1832  Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor on August - 12.   

1833  On this day in history chicago is founded.   

1833  William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history 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  Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile) on this day in history.   

1848  On August - 12 george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies   

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

1849  Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88 on August - 12.   

1851  Isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine on this day in history.   

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

1853  Jean Louis Nicode, composer on this day in history.   

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

1856  On this day in history anthony Fass patents accordion   

1857  William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on August - 12.   

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

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

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

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

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

1867  Pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton on this day in history.   

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

1868  Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) on August - 12.   

1875  On August - 12 ettore Panizza, composer   

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1503  On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1592  On this day in history 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  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0875  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on August - 12.   

1158  On August - 12 anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies   

1350  On this day in history philip VI, king of France, dies   

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

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on this day in history.   

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.   

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