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 this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history john Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1830  On August - 12 franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50   

1831  On this day in history dutch troops conquer Leuven   

1832  On this day in history 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 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  George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.   

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 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  Jean Louis Nicode, composer on August - 12.   

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

1856  On August - 12 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1866  On this day in history jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)   

1867  On this day in history pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton   

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  Ettore Panizza, composer on August - 12.   

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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  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  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.   

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  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 August - 12.   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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)