Page 3: Historical Events In August - 12

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

1825  On August - 12 frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer   

1827  William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 on August - 12.   

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

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

1831  On August - 12 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 August - 12.   

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

1845  On August - 12 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 August - 12.   

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

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 this day in history jean Louis Nicode, composer   

1854  On August - 12 alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith   

1856  Anthony Fass patents accordion on August - 12.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1866  Jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922) on this day in history.   

1867  Pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton on August - 12.   

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

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

1875  On this day in history 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 August - 12.   

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

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

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.   

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

0875  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

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

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on August - 12.