Famous Birthdays In August - 12

1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On this day in history birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands   

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 August - 12 birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

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

1644  Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer was born on August - 12.   

1647  Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

1686  On this day in history birth of john Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)   

1696  On August - 12 birth of maurice Greene, composer   

1720  Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian was born on this day in history.   

1720  Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.   

1744  On August - 12 birth of rowland Hill, preacher   

1751  Johann Baptist Lasser, composer was born on August - 12.   

1753  Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables) was born on this day in history.   

1757  On August - 12 birth of aLF, alien life form (ALF)   

1762  George IV, king of England (1820-30) was born on this day in history.   

1762  King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830) was born on this day in history.   

1774  On this day in history birth of robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson   

1778  Francis Horner, politician was born on August - 12.   

1781  On August - 12 birth of robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument)   

1819  Daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.   

1820  Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation was born on August - 12.   

1825  On this day in history birth of frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer   

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

1832  Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor was born on August - 12.   

1833  On August - 12 birth of william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

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

1848  On August - 12 birth of macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)   

1849  On this day in history birth of abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist   

1853  Jean Louis Nicode, composer was born on this day in history.   

1854  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith was born on August - 12.   

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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  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.   

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

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

1577  On August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)