Historical Events In August - 12

1822  On this day in history robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies  

1825  Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer on August - 12.  

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

1829  On August - 12 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 this day in history hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor  

1833  On August - 12 chicago is founded.  

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

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

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 August - 12 macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)  

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

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  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 August - 12.  

1856  Anthony Fass patents accordion on August - 12.  

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

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

1861  On August - 12 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 August - 12 gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX  

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

1863  The first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet for export on August - 12.  

1863  On this day in history 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 August - 12.  

1875  On this day in history ettore Panizza, composer  

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1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on August - 12.  

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

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on this day in history.  

1604  On August - 12 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 August - 12.  

0030  On this day in history 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  On August - 12 philip VI, king of France, dies  

1424  On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)  

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)