Page 3: Historical Events In August - 12

1822  Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies on this day in history.   

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

1827  William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69 on August - 12.   

1829  On this day in history john Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1830  On this day in history franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50   

1831  Dutch troops conquer Leuven on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor   

1833  Chicago is founded on August - 12.   

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

1838  Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal on this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history off Point Pelee, Ontario the steamships Kent and London collide in clear weather, with the loss of ten lives.   

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

1848  George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies on August - 12.   

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

1849  Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1851  On August - 12 isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine   

1851  On August - 12 1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora   

1853  On this day in history jean Louis Nicode, composer   

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

1856  On this day in history anthony Fass patents accordion   

1857  William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies on this day in history.   

1859  Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful) on August - 12.   

1861  Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians on August - 12.   

1862  Gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX on this day in history.   

1862  On August - 12 gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX   

1863  First cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history the first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet for export.   

1863  1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area) on this day in history.   

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

1866  On this day in history jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)   

1867  Pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton on this day in history.   

1867  On this day in history edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)   

1868  Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) on this day in history.   

1875  Ettore Panizza, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

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

1626  On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

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   

0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on this day in history.   

0875  On August - 12 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 August - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.   

1577  On this day in history death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)