Famous Personalities Born In August - 12

1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on August - 12.   

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.   

1592  Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden) was born on August - 12.   

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on August - 12.   

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

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.   

1629  On August - 12 birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.   

1644  On August - 12 birth of heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer   

1647  Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719) was born on this day in history.   

1686  On this day in history birth of john Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)   

1696  On this day in history birth of maurice Greene, composer   

1720  On August - 12 birth of martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian   

1720  Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.   

1744  Rowland Hill, preacher was born on August - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1762  On August - 12 birth of king George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830)   

1774  On August - 12 birth of robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson   

1778  On August - 12 birth of francis Horner, politician   

1781  On this day in history birth of robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument)   

1819  On this day in history birth of daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864   

1820  Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation was born on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history birth of frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer   

1829  John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 was born on this day in history.   

1832  On August - 12 birth of hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor   

1833  William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 was born on this day in history.   

1838  Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal was born on August - 12.   

1848  On August - 12 birth of macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)   

1849  Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist was born on August - 12.   

1853  Jean Louis Nicode, composer was born on this day in history.   

1854  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith was born on this day in history.   

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0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on August - 12.   

0875  On this day in history louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50   

1158  On August - 12 anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies   

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on this day in history.   

1424  On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)   

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 this day in history.