August 12th, 1649

Born on August 12th, 1649

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

42

Eberhard Werner Happel

Author

*August 12th, 1647, Kirchhain †May 15th, 1690, Hamburg

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

63

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

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

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

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.

87

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

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

24

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

52

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

Same year
Born in 1649

71

Clement XI

Head of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721

*July 23rd, 1649, Pesaro †March 19th, 1721, Rome

81

Benedict XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730

*February 2nd, 1649, Gravina in Puglia †February 21st, 1730, Rome

46

John Trenchard

English politician

*March 30th, 1649, Lytchett Matravers †April 27th, 1695, Kensington

33

Engel de Ruyter

Dutch admiral

*May 2nd, 1649, Vlissingen †February 27th, 1683, Amsterdam

55

Titus Oates

English perjurer (1649-1705)

*September 15th, 1649, Oakham †July 12th, 1705, London

36

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth

English nobleman and soldier (1649–1685)

*April 9th, 1649, Rotterdam †July 15th, 1685, Tower Hill

56

Adrien Baillet

French scholar

*June 13th, 1649, La Neuville-en-Hez †January 21st, 1706, Paris

81

James Grahme

English politician

*January 1st, 1649, Norton Conyers †January 1st, 1730, Charlton

68

Bon Boullogne

French painter and engraver (1649-1717)

*February 22nd, 1649, Paris †May 17th, 1717, Paris

59

John Blow

English composer

*January 1st, 1649, Nottinghamshire †October 1st, 1708, City of Westminster

374

Conrad Max Süßner

German sculptor

*November 30th, 1649, Ostrov

71

Amy Buisson

(1649-1721)

*April 24th, 1649, Geneva †January 1st, 1721, Avesnes-sur-Helpe

78

Johann Wilhelm Petersen

German theologian

*January 1st, 1649, Osnabrück †January 1st, 1727, Lübars

55

Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark

Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

*April 11th, 1649, Copenhagen †October 30th, 1704, Kiel

72

Elihu Yale

Welsh merchant, slave trader and philanthropist

*April 5th, 1649, Boston †July 8th, 1721, London

61

Charles, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried

Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried

*July 29th, 1649, Rheinfels Castle †March 3rd, 1711, Bad Schwalbach

65

Giovanni Alberto Badoer

Italian cardinal

*March 12th, 1649, Venice †May 17th, 1714, Brescia

64

Samuel Carpenter

Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania 1649-1714

*November 4th, 1649, Horsham †April 10th, 1714, Philadelphia

61

Hans Georg Asam

German painter (1649-1711)

*October 12th, 1649, Rott am Inn †March 7th, 1711, Sulzbach-Rosenberg

79

Gabriel Daniel

French historian

*February 8th, 1649, Rouen †June 23rd, 1728, Paris

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No: With 365 days 1649 is a normal year and no leap year.

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