Famous Birthdays In August - 12

1503  On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.   

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

1604  On August - 12 birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

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

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

1644  On August - 12 birth of heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer   

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 August - 12.   

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

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

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

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

1751  Johann Baptist Lasser, composer was born on August - 12.   

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

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  King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830) was born on this day in history.   

1774  On August - 12 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  On August - 12 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 this day in history.   

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

1833  William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.   

1838  Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 12.   

1854  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith was born on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1158  On August - 12 anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies   

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  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  On August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)