Page 3: Historical Events In August - 12

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

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  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 this day in history dutch troops conquer Leuven   

1832  On August - 12 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  On August - 12 joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal   

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 this day in history.   

1849  Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist on this day in history.   

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

1851  On this day in history 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  William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

1859  Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful) on August - 12.   

1861  On this day in history 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  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 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  Edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology) on August - 12.   

1868  On August - 12 frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on this day in history.   

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