Famous Personalities Born In August - 12
Friday, 14 February 2025
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 Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on August - 12.
1604 On August - 12 birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)
1620 On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer
1626 Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on this day in history.
1629 Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.
1644 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.
1644 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer was born on August - 12.
1647 Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719) was born on August - 12.
1686 On August - 12 birth of john Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
1696 On August - 12 birth of maurice Greene, composer
1720 On this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian
1720 Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778) was born on August - 12.
1744 On August - 12 birth of rowland Hill, preacher
1751 Johann Baptist Lasser, composer was born on August - 12.
1753 On this day in history birth of thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables)
1757 ALF, alien life form (ALF) was born on August - 12.
1762 George IV, king of England (1820-30) was born on August - 12.
1762 King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830) was born on this day in history.
1774 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson was born on this day in history.
1778 Francis Horner, politician was born on this day in history.
1781 Robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument) was born on August - 12.
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 Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer was born on this day in history.
1829 John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on August - 12.
1832 Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor was born on this day in history.
1833 On this day in history birth of william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
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 On August - 12 birth of jean Louis Nicode, composer
1854 Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith was born on August - 12.