Famous Personalities Born In August - 12

1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on August - 12.   

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1592  On this day in history birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

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.   

1644  On this day in history birth of heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer   

1647  Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719) was born on August - 12.   

1686  On August - 12 birth of john Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)   

1696  Maurice Greene, composer was born on this day in history.   

1720  On August - 12 birth of martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian   

1720  Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778) was born on August - 12.   

1744  Rowland Hill, preacher was born on this day in history.   

1751  On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Lasser, composer   

1753  On August - 12 birth of thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables)   

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

1762  On August - 12 birth of george IV, king of England (1820-30)   

1762  On August - 12 birth of king George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830)   

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

1778  On August - 12 birth of francis Horner, politician   

1781  Robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument) was born on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history birth of daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864   

1820  On this day in history birth of oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation   

1825  On August - 12 birth of frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer   

1829  John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on August - 12.   

1832  Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)   

1849  On August - 12 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  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 August - 12.   

1350  On this day in history philip VI, king of France, dies   

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 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)