Historical Events In August - 12

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 Martínez, 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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1503  On August - 12 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  On this day in history birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.   

1626  On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on this day in history.   

0030  On this day in history death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)   

0875  On August - 12 louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.   

1350  On August - 12 philip VI, king of France, dies   

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on August - 12.   

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on August - 12.   

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on this day in history.