August 12th, 1626

Born on August 12th, 1626

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 145,000 days old!

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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

Born on August 12th, 1626

63

Giovanni Legrenzi

Italian composer (1626–1690)

*August 12th, 1626, Clusone †May 27th, 1690, Venice

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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

63

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

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

47

Klara Hitler

Mother of Adolf Hitler

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

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

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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71

Francesco Redi

Italian entomologist and poet

*February 18th, 1626, Arezzo †March 1st, 1697, Pisa

71

John Aubrey

English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697)

*March 12th, 1626, Malmesbury †June 7th, 1697, Oxford

85

Richard Cromwell

English politician (1626–1712)

*October 4th, 1626, Huntingdon †July 12th, 1712, Cheshunt

62

Christina of Sweden

Queen of Sweden (1626-1689), ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654

*December 18th, 1626, Stockholm †April 19th, 1689, Rome

53

Jan Steen

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1626-1679)

*January 1st, 1626, Leiden †February 3rd, 1679, Leiden

44

Leopold Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden

German noble (1626-1671)

*September 16th, 1626, Baden-Baden †March 1st, 1671, Baden-Baden

70

Madame de Sévigné

French noble and epistolarian writer

*February 5th, 1626, Paris †April 17th, 1696, Grignan

41

Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur

Spanish missionary and saint (1626-1667)

*March 21st, 1626, Vilaflor, Santa Cruz de Tenerife †April 25th, 1667, Antigua Guatemala

50

Sabbatai Zevi

Sephardic Rabbi

*August 1st, 1626, İzmir †September 17th, 1676, Ulcinj

24

William II, Prince of Orange

Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland (1626–1650)

*May 27th, 1626, The Hague †November 6th, 1650, The Hague

59

Matthias Tretzscher

Organ builder

*April 2nd, 1626, Hroznětín †January 1st, 1686, Kulmbach

73

Lucas Achtschellinck

Flemish landscape painter (1626-1699)

*January 16th, 1626, City of Brussels †May 12th, 1699, City of Brussels

44

Karl Mecklenburg

German canon (1626-1670)

*March 8th, 1626, Schwerin †August 20th, 1670, Mirow

58

Géraud de Cordemoy

French historian, philosopher and lawyer

*October 6th, 1626, Paris †October 15th, 1684, Paris

67

Emilie von Hessen-Kassel

(1626-1693)

*February 11th, 1626, Bad Hersfeld †February 15th, 1693, Frankfurt

60

Josua Arnd

German historian and theologian (1626-1687)

*September 9th, 1626, Güstrow †April 5th, 1687, Güstrow

65

Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken

German noble (1626-1692)

*May 17th, 1626, Stegeborg Castle †March 3rd, 1692, Osterholz-Scharmbeck

56

Ferdinand von Fürstenberg

Prince-bishop of Paderborn and Münster

*October 21st, 1626, Bilstein Castle (Lennestadt) †June 26th, 1683, Paderborn

25

Henriette Marie of the Palatinate

Princess of Bohemia and German noble (1626-1651)

*January 1st, 1626, The Hague †January 1st, 1651, Sárospatak

68

Jean Talon

First Intendant of New France

*January 8th, 1626, Châlons-en-Champagne †November 23rd, 1694, France

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1626 is a normal year and no leap year.

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