August 12th, 1560

Born on August 12th, 1560

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 12th?

August 12th, 2016

The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.

August 12th, 2000

Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise with 118 lives lost.

August 12th, 1990

Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue (pictured).

August 12th, 1985

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board in the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster.

August 12th, 1969

The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.

August 12th, 1952

Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions.

August 12th, 1945

An official administrative history of the Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released to the public days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

August 12th, 1944

World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies.

August 12th, 1914

World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of the country.

August 12th, 1883

The last known quagga (colourised example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.

August 12th, 1881

Franco-American children as young as seven years old commenced a strike against Cabot Mill of Brunswick, Maine. The Mill had to shut down operations for three days.

August 12th, 1099

Crusades: Fatimid forces under al-Afdal Shahanshah began retreating to Egypt after the Battle of Ascalon, concluding the First Crusade.

August 12th, 1323

The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.

August 12th, 1164

Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.

August 12th, 1121

Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 12th?

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

73

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

*August 12th, 1992, Walton-on-Thames

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

47

Klara Hitler

Mother of Adolf Hitler

*August 12th, 1860, Weitra †December 21st, 1907, Urfahr

63

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

*August 12th, 1800, Lyon †March 27th, 1864, Pau

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

*August 12th, 1971, Washington, D.C.

24

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

87

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

*August 12th, 1866, Murcia †July 14th, 1954, Málaga

52

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

33

Mario Balotelli

Italian association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Palermo

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Born in 1560

36

Theodosius Fabricius

German theologian (1560-1597)

*August 11th, 1560, Nordhausen †August 7th, 1597, Göttingen

54

Elizabeth Báthory

Hungarian countess

*August 7th, 1560, Nyírbátor †August 21st, 1614, Čachtice Castle

73

Wilhelm Fabry

German surgeon (1560-1634)

*June 25th, 1560, Hilden †February 15th, 1634, Bern

76

Albrecht Manuel

Swiss politician (1560-1637)

*November 2nd, 1560, Bern †August 11th, 1637, Bern

66

Jan Gruter

Flemish-born philologist, scholar, and librarian (1560-1627)

*December 3rd, 1560, Antwerp †September 20th, 1627, Heidelberg

49

Jacobus Arminius

Dutch theologian, inspirator of Arminianism, champion of tolerance (1560-1609)

*October 10th, 1560, Oudewater †October 19th, 1609, Leiden

48

Annibale Carracci

Bolognese painter (1560–1609)

*November 3rd, 1560, Bologna †July 15th, 1609, Rome

52

John Harington

English courtier, Queens godson and author

*August 4th, 1560, Kelston †November 20th, 1612, Somerset

64

Gaspard Bauhin

Swiss botanist (1560-1624)

*January 17th, 1560, Basel †December 5th, 1624, Basel

40

Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

*September 4th, 1560, Neuburg an der Donau †December 16th, 1600, Birkenfeld

30

Christian I, Elector of Saxony

German noble

*October 29th, 1560, Dresden †September 25th, 1591, Dresden

71

Pietro Durazzo

Doge of the Republic of Genoa

*August 8th, 1560, Genoa †December 18th, 1631, Genoa

69

Thomas Chrön

17th-century Catholic bishop

*November 13th, 1560, Ljubljana †February 10th, 1630, Gornji Grad

68

Hieronymus Praetorius

German composer (1560-1629)

*August 10th, 1560, Hamburg †January 27th, 1629, Hamburg

49

Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes

Spanish general and statesman

*September 18th, 1560, Zamora †July 22nd, 1610, Milan

67

Juan Sánchez Cotán

Spanish artist (1560-1627)

*June 25th, 1560, Orgaz †September 8th, 1627, Granada

51

Charles III de Croÿ

Belgian noble (1560-1612)

*July 11th, 1560, Beaumont †January 16th, 1612, Beaumont

31

Thomas Cavendish

English explorer and privateer (1560-1592)

*September 19th, 1560, Ipswich †May 1st, 1592, South Atlantic Ocean

60

William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (1560–1620)

*March 13th, 1560, Dillenburg †May 31st, 1620, Leeuwarden

57

Charles, Margrave of Burgau

German nobleman

*November 22nd, 1560, Velký Vřešťov †October 31st, 1618, Überlingen

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Leap year

Yes: 1560 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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