Page 3: Historical Events In August - 12

1822  Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies on August - 12.   

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

1827  On August - 12 william Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69   

1829  On August - 12 john Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1830  Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history dutch troops conquer Leuven   

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

1833  Chicago is founded on August - 12.   

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  Off Point Pelee, Ontario the steamships Kent and London collide in clear weather, with the loss of ten lives on this day in history.   

1848  Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile) on August - 12.   

1848  George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on August - 12.   

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

1849  On this day in history abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88   

1851  Isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine on August - 12.   

1851  1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora on August - 12.   

1853  On this day in history jean Louis Nicode, composer   

1854  On August - 12 alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith   

1856  On this day in history anthony Fass patents accordion   

1857  On August - 12 william Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies   

1859  On August - 12 katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)   

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  Gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX on this day in history.   

1863  First cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) on August - 12.   

1863  The first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet for export on August - 12.   

1863  On this day in history 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  Pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton on this day in history.   

1867  On August - 12 edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)   

1868  Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) on this day in history.   

1875  Ettore Panizza, composer on August - 12.   

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

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  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on August - 12.   

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

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

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

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

0030  On August - 12 death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)   

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  Philip VI, king of France, dies on August - 12.   

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

1484  On this day in history sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies   

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.   

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