Historical Events In August - 12

1822  Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies on August - 12.   

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  Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1831  Dutch troops conquer Leuven on this day in history.   

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

1833  On this day in history chicago is founded.   

1833  On this day in history william Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

1838  On August - 12 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  Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile) on this day in history.   

1848  On August - 12 george Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies   

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

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

1851  Isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine on this day in history.   

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

1853  On August - 12 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 August - 12.   

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

1861  Skirmish at Texas-rebels are attacked by Apache Indians on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history gen John Hunt Morgan and his raiders capture Gallatin, TX   

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 August - 12.   

1863  The first cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet for export on August - 12.   

1863  On August - 12 1st cargo of lumber leaves Burrard Inlet (Vancouver, BC area)   

1865  William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies on August - 12.   

1866  Jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922) on this day in history.   

1867  On August - 12 pres A Johnson defies Congress suspending Sec of War Edwin Stanton   

1867  Edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology) on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

0030  On August - 12 death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)   

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

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on August - 12.   

1484  On August - 12 sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies   

1546  On August - 12 francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on August - 12.