Famous Birthdays In August - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1503 On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)
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 August - 12.
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 this day in history.
1629 Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.
1644 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.
1644 On August - 12 birth of heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer
1647 On August - 12 birth of johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)
1686 On August - 12 birth of john Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
1696 On this day in history birth of maurice Greene, composer
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 this day in history.
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 ALF, alien life form (ALF) was born on August - 12.
1762 On this day in history birth of george IV, king of England (1820-30)
1762 King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830) was born on August - 12.
1774 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson was born on August - 12.
1778 Francis Horner, politician was born on this day in history.
1781 On this day in history 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 Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer was born on August - 12.
1829 John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on this day in history.
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 Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile) was born on August - 12.
1849 On this day in history birth of abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist
1853 On August - 12 birth of jean Louis Nicode, composer
1854 Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith was born on this day in history.