Famous Personalities Born In August - 12

1503  On August - 12 birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands   

1592  On August - 12 birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.   

1629  On August - 12 birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

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

1644  Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer was born on this day in history.   

1647  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)   

1686  John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Maurice Greene, composer was born on August - 12.   

1720  Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian was born on August - 12.   

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

1744  Rowland Hill, preacher was born on August - 12.   

1751  On August - 12 birth of johann Baptist Lasser, composer   

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

1757  ALF, alien life form (ALF) was born on August - 12.   

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  Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson was born on this day in history.   

1778  Francis Horner, politician was born on this day in history.   

1781  Robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument) was born on August - 12.   

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  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  William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.   

1838  On this day in history birth of joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal   

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 August - 12.   

1854  On August - 12 birth of alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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  On this day in history anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies   

1350  On August - 12 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  On this day in history francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on this day in history.