August 12th, 1694

Born on August 12th, 1694

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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, killing 118 people.

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 (aircraft involved pictured) crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board, including singer Kyu Sakamoto, 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 Belgium.

August 12th, 1883

The last known quagga (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 began striking against Cabot Mill in Brunswick, Maine, shutting 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 year
Born in 1694

83

Voltaire

French writer, historian, and philosopher (1694–1778)

*November 21st, 1694, Paris †May 30th, 1778, Paris

59

Johann Gottfried von Hahn

German physician

*January 18th, 1694, Świdnica †May 1st, 1753, Świdnica

85

Giovan Battista Passeri

Antiquarian, catholic priest and civil servant (1694-1780)

*November 10th, 1694, Farnese †February 4th, 1780, Pesaro

52

Francis Hutcheson

Scottish philosopher (1694–1746)

*August 8th, 1694, Drumalig †August 8th, 1746, Dublin

59

Henry Pelham

Prime Minister of Great Britain; (1695-1754)

*September 25th, 1694, Laughton †March 6th, 1754, London

50

Leonardo Leo

Italian composer

*August 5th, 1694, San Vito dei Normanni †October 31st, 1744, Naples

73

Giorgio Baffo

18th c. Venetian senator and poet

*August 11th, 1694, Venice †July 30th, 1768, Venice

79

Georg Gottlob Richter

German philosopher and physician (1694-1773)

*February 4th, 1694, Schneeberg †May 28th, 1773, Göttingen

63

Christian Gottlieb Jöcher

German lexicographer

*July 20th, 1694, Leipzig †May 10th, 1758, Leipzig

77

Antal Grassalkovich I.

Hungarian noble (1694-1771)

*March 6th, 1694, Mojmírovce †December 1st, 1771, Gödöllő

76

Johann Daniel Schöpflin

German historian

*September 6th, 1694, Sulzburg †August 7th, 1771, Strasbourg

59

Johann Friedrich Nolte

German philologist and theologian (1694-1754)

*July 15th, 1694, Einbeck †June 12th, 1754, Schöningen

53

Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui

Genevan legal and political theorist

*June 24th, 1694, Geneva †April 3rd, 1748, Geneva

40

Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold

Count of Lippe-Detmold (1694-1734)

*January 25th, 1694, Detmold †October 12th, 1734, Detmold

75

Johann Hildebrand Withof

German historian, opinion journalist and philologist

*January 1st, 1694, Lengerich †January 1st, 1769, Duisburg

62

Daniel Gran

Austrian painter (1694-1757)

*May 22nd, 1694, Vienna †April 16th, 1757, St. Pölten

77

Louis-Claude Daquin

French composer

*July 4th, 1694, Paris †June 15th, 1772, Paris

78

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773)

*September 22nd, 1694, London †March 24th, 1773, London

89

Bartolomeo Altomonte

Austrian artist

*February 24th, 1694, Warsaw †November 11th, 1783, Sankt Florian

62

Ernest Amadej Tomaž Attems

(1694-1757)

*December 21st, 1694, Graz †December 5th, 1757, Vienna

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1694 is a normal year and no leap year.

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