Famous Personalities Born In August - 12

1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on this day in history.   

1566  On August - 12 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  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

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

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.   

1644  On this day in history birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer   

1644  Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer was born on August - 12.   

1647  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719)   

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 this day in history.   

1744  On August - 12 birth of rowland Hill, preacher   

1751  On this day in history birth of johann Baptist Lasser, composer   

1753  Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables) was born on this day in history.   

1757  On this day in history birth of aLF, alien life form (ALF)   

1762  George IV, king of England (1820-30) was born on August - 12.   

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

1774  On this day in history birth of robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson   

1778  On this day in history birth of francis Horner, politician   

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

1829  On August - 12 birth of john Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1832  Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor was born on this day in history.   

1833  On August - 12 birth of william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1838  On this day in history birth of joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal   

1848  On this day in history birth of macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)   

1849  On this day in history birth of abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist   

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

1854  Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith was born on August - 12.   

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

0875  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on August - 12.   

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

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on August - 12.   

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

1484  On this day in history sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies   

1546  On this day in history francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

1577  On August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)