Historical Events In August - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1822 Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies on this day in history.
1825 On this day in history frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer
1827 William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 on this day in history.
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 Dutch troops conquer Leuven on August - 12.
1832 On this day in history hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor
1833 On this day in history chicago is founded.
1833 On this day in history william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1838 On August - 12 joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
1845 On August - 12 off Point Pelee, Ontario the steamships Kent and London collide in clear weather, with the loss of ten lives.
1848 On this day in history macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)
1848 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.
1849 On August - 12 abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist
1849 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88 on August - 12.
1851 On August - 12 isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine
1851 1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora on August - 12.
1853 On August - 12 jean Louis Nicode, composer
1854 Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith on August - 12.
1856 Anthony Fass patents accordion on this day in history.
1857 William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on this day in history.
1859 On August - 12 katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)
1861 Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians on August - 12.
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 On August - 12 first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)
1863 On August - 12 the first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet for export.
1863 On August - 12 1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)
1865 On August - 12 william Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies
1866 On this day in history jacinto Benavente y MartÃnez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)
1867 On August - 12 pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton
1867 On this day in history edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)
1868 Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) on August - 12.
1875 On August - 12 ettore Panizza, composer
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