Famous Deaths Happened In August - 12
Friday, 17 January 2025
0030 Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on August - 12.
0875 Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)
1484 Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on August - 12.
1546 On this day in history francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies
1577 On this day in history death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)
1588 On August - 12 alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45
1612 On August - 12 giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60
1633 On this day in history jacopo Peri, Itallian opera composer, dies at 71
1638 On this day in history johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81
1648 On this day in history death of ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1615)
1654 Cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76 on August - 12.
1660 Gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33 on this day in history.
1674 Philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies on this day in history.
1675 Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1676 On this day in history death of king Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death
1689 On this day in history innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Pope (1676-89), dies at 78
1715 Nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies on August - 12.
1728 On August - 12 henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61
1750 On August - 12 rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies
1778 Death of Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714) on August - 12.
1797 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1809 Death of Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738) on this day in history.
1810 On this day in history death of etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
1811 John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1812 Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81 on August - 12.
1822 On this day in history robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies
1827 William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 on August - 12.
1830 On this day in history franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50
1848 George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on this day in history.
1849 On this day in history abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88
1857 William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on this day in history.
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