August 12th, 1671

Born on August 12th, 1671

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

50

Marie of Lorraine

Monegasque princess

*August 12th, 1674, Paris †October 30th, 1724, Monaco

63

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

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

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

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

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Born in 1671

57

John Law

Scottish economist and banker (1671-1729)

*April 21st, 1671, Edinburgh †March 21st, 1729, Venice

79

Tomaso Albinoni

Italian composer and violinist (1671–1751)

*June 8th, 1671, Venice †January 17th, 1751, Venice

68

Adalbert von Falkenstein

German priest

*January 17th, 1671, Freiburg im Breisgau †September 27th, 1739, Timișoara

46

Johann Burchard Freystein

German hymnwriter

*April 18th, 1671, Weißenfels †April 1st, 1718, Dresden

75

Gabriel de Gabrieli

Swiss architect

*December 18th, 1671, Roveredo †March 21st, 1747, Eichstätt

75

Franz Conrad Romanus

German politician (1671-1746)

*March 7th, 1671, Leipzig †May 14th, 1746, Königstein Fortress

51

Joseph Clemens of Bavaria

Duke, Roman Catholic archbishop (1671-1723)

*December 5th, 1671, Munich †November 12th, 1723, Bonn

86

Colley Cibber

British poet laureate (1671–1757)

*November 6th, 1671, London †December 11th, 1757, London

70

Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf

Sinzend, Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von (1671-1742)

*December 26th, 1671, Vienna †February 8th, 1742, Vienna

55

Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Queen of Poland

*December 19th, 1671, Bayreuth †September 4th, 1727, Pretzsch (Elbe)

59

John Wentworth

Lieutenant Governor for the Province of New Hampshire

*January 16th, 1671, Portsmouth †December 12th, 1730

59

Frederick IV of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway

*October 11th, 1671, Copenhagen Castle †October 12th, 1730, Odense Palace

79

Michele Rocca

Italian painter (1671-1752)

*January 1st, 1671, Parma †November 30th, 1750, Venice

41

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

English politician and Earl (1671-1713)

*February 26th, 1671, London †February 4th, 1713, Naples

85

Erdmann Neumeister

German theologian and hymnwriter

*May 12th, 1671, Uichteritz †August 18th, 1756, Hamburg

49

Johann Christoph Bach III

Organist in Ohrdruf

*June 16th, 1671, Erfurt †February 22nd, 1721, Ohrdruf

61

Bogislaus Bodo von Flemming

(1671-1732)

*April 24th, 1671, Stargard †October 14th, 1732, Świerzno, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

63

Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1671-1735)

*July 22nd, 1671, Wolfenbüttel †March 1st, 1735, Brunswick

49

John Keill

Scottish mathematician

*December 1st, 1671, Edinburgh †August 31st, 1721, Oxford

66

Gian Gastone de' Medici

Last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671-1737)

*April 24th, 1671, Florence †July 9th, 1737, Florence

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1671 is a normal year and no leap year.

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