Page 3: Historical Events In August - 12

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

1825  Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer on August - 12.   

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

1829  John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902 on August - 12.   

1830  On August - 12 franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50   

1831  Dutch troops conquer Leuven on August - 12.   

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

1833  Chicago is founded on August - 12.   

1833  William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on August - 12.   

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

1845  On August - 12 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  Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist on August - 12.   

1849  On August - 12 abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88   

1851  On this day in history isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine   

1851  1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora on this day in history.   

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

1854  On August - 12 alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith   

1856  On August - 12 anthony Fass patents accordion   

1857  On August - 12 william Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies   

1859  On this day in history katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)   

1861  On August - 12 skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians   

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

1862  Gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX on August - 12.   

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 August - 12.   

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

1866  Jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922) on August - 12.   

1867  On this day in history pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton   

1867  On August - 12 edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)   

1868  Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) on August - 12.   

1875  Ettore Panizza, composer on August - 12.   

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1503  On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

1566  On August - 12 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 August - 12.   

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

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer   

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1644  On August - 12 birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.   

1350  On this day in history philip VI, king of France, dies   

1424  On August - 12 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)