Famous Deaths In August - 12

1861  Death of Eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. 1793) on August - 12.   

1864  On August - 12 death of sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811)   

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history james Drummond, historical painter, dies   

1883  On August - 12 last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies   

1885  Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65 on August - 12.   

1891  On this day in history james Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies   

1896  Death of Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg on August - 12.   

1900  James E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history death of adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832)   

1911  Jozef Israels, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 12 john Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies   

1918  On August - 12 death of anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872)   

1922  On August - 12 arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies   

1928  Death of LeoÅ¡ Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854) on August - 12.   

1934  On August - 12 hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78   

1935  On this day in history death of friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)   

1938  On this day in history ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74   

1941  On August - 12 bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies   

1943  On August - 12 georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76   

1944  Death of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

1948  On August - 12 death of harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871)   

1952  On August - 12 death of david Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884)   

1955  On this day in history thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80   

1959  Death of Mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1877) on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56   

1968  Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72   

1973  On this day in history john Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies   

1976  Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies on August - 12.   

1982  On this day in history helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80   

1983  On this day in history henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies   

1985  On this day in history marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86   

1988  Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1592  On this day in history birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  On August - 12 birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  On this day in history birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

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

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

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