Famous Deaths In August - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.
1350 On August - 12 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 Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on August - 12.
1588 On this day in history alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45
1612 Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60 on August - 12.
1633 On this day in history jacopo Peri, Itallian opera composer, dies at 71
1638 On August - 12 johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81
1648 Death of Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1615) on this day in history.
1654 On August - 12 cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76
1660 On this day in history gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33
1674 Philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies on August - 12.
1675 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73 on August - 12.
1676 Death of King Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death on this day in history.
1689 On August - 12 innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Pope (1676-89), dies at 78
1715 Nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies on this day in history.
1728 On this day in history henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61
1750 Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies on August - 12.
1778 Death of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714) on August - 12.
1797 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1809 Death of Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738) on this day in history.
1810 On August - 12 death of etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
1811 John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77 on August - 12.
1812 Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1822 Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history william Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69
1830 Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50 on August - 12.
1848 On this day in history george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies
1849 On August - 12 abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88
1857 William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on August - 12.
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