Famous Birthdays In August - 12

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

1566  On this day in history 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 August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  On August - 12 birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

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

1644  On this day in history birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer   

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

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

1686  On August - 12 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 August - 12.   

1720  On August - 12 birth of konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)   

1744  On August - 12 birth of rowland Hill, preacher   

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

1753  Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables) was born on August - 12.   

1757  On this day in history birth of aLF, alien life form (ALF)   

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

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  Francis Horner, politician was born on August - 12.   

1781  On this day in history birth of robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument)   

1819  On August - 12 birth of daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864   

1820  Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation was born on this day in history.   

1825  Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer was born on August - 12.   

1829  On August - 12 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  On August - 12 birth of joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal   

1848  On August - 12 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  On August - 12 birth of alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith   

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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  On August - 12 anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies   

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

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on August - 12.   

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)