Page 3: Historical Events In August - 12

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

1825  On August - 12 frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer   

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

1829  On this day in history 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  Dutch troops conquer Leuven on August - 12.   

1832  On August - 12 hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor   

1833  Chicago is founded on this day in history.   

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 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 August - 12.   

1848  George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1849  On this day in history abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88   

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  On August - 12 jean Louis Nicode, composer   

1854  On this day in history alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith   

1856  On August - 12 anthony Fass patents accordion   

1857  On this day in history william Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies   

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

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

1862  On this day in history 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  1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)   

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

1875  Ettore Panizza, composer on this day in history.   

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1503  On August - 12 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 this day in history.   

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

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

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

0875  On August - 12 louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50   

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  On August - 12 death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)   

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

1546  On August - 12 francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

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