Famous Deaths In August - 12

1861  On this day in history death of eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. 1793)   

1864  On this day in history death of sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811)   

1865  On August - 12 william Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies   

1877  James Drummond, historical painter, dies on this day in history.   

1883  On August - 12 last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies   

1885  Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65 on August - 12.   

1891  On August - 12 james Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies   

1896  Death of Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg on August - 12.   

1900  On this day in history james E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42   

1901  On this day in history death of adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832)   

1911  Jozef Israels, painter, dies on August - 12.   

1914  On this day in history john Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies   

1918  Death of Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872) on August - 12.   

1922  On August - 12 arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies   

1928  Death of LeoÅ¡ Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854) on August - 12.   

1934  On August - 12 hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78   

1935  On August - 12 death of friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)   

1938  On August - 12 ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74   

1941  On this day in history bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies   

1943  Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1944  Death of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

1948  On August - 12 death of harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871)   

1952  Death of David Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884) on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80   

1959  Death of Mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1877) on this day in history.   

1964  Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56 on August - 12.   

1968  Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81 on August - 12.   

1969  On this day in history dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72   

1973  On August - 12 john Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies   

1976  Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies on August - 12.   

1982  Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80 on August - 12.   

1983  On this day in history henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies   

1985  On August - 12 marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86   

1988  On August - 12 jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies   

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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 August - 12.   

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 this day in history birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer