August 12th, 1754

Born on August 12th, 1754

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

63

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

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

67

George IV of the United Kingdom

British noble (1762-1830); King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820

*August 12th, 1762, St James's Palace †June 26th, 1830, Windsor Castle

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

70

William Tilghman

American judge (1756–1827)

*August 12th, 1756, Talbot County †April 29th, 1827, Philadelphia

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

47

Klara Hitler

Mother of Adolf Hitler

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

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

87

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

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

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

24

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

Same year
Born in 1754

38

Louis XVI of France

King of France and Navarre (1754-1793)

*August 23rd, 1754, Palace of Versailles †January 21st, 1793, place de la Concorde

84

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

French diplomat (1754-1838)

*February 2nd, 1754, Paris †May 17th, 1838, Paris

31

Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier

French balloonist

*March 30th, 1754, Metz †June 15th, 1785, Wimereux

46

Paul I of Russia

Emperor of Russia (r. 1796–1801)

*September 20th, 1754, Saint Petersburg †March 11th, 1801, Saint Petersburg

39

Manon Roland

French revolutionary

*March 17th, 1754, Paris †November 8th, 1793, Paris

39

Georg Forster

German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)

*November 27th, 1754, Mokry Dwór, Pomeranian Voivodeship †January 10th, 1794, Paris

81

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon

German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy (1761-1836)

*November 30th, 1754, Cape Colony †November 16th, 1836, Paris

78

Seraphim of Sarov

Russian Saint and Wonderworker

*July 19th, 1754, Kursk †January 2nd, 1833, Sarov

63

William Bligh

Officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator (1754-1817)

*September 9th, 1754, Plymouth †December 7th, 1817, London

55

William Cooper

American judge (1754-1809)

*December 2nd, 1754, Somerton †December 22nd, 1809, Albany

89

Morgan Lewis

American lawyer, politician and military commander (1754–1844)

*October 16th, 1754, Elizabeth †April 7th, 1844, Manhattan

81

Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet

Scottish politician, writer on finance and agriculture (1754–1835)

*May 10th, 1754, Thurso †December 21st, 1835, Edinburgh

61

Friedrich I of Württemberg

Last Duke of Würtemberg, then briefly Elector of Württemberg, and was later elevated to the status of King of Württemberg, by Napoleon I (1754-1816)

*November 6th, 1754, Trzebiatów †October 30th, 1816, Stuttgart

27

John Laurens

American soldier and abolitionist

*October 28th, 1754, Charleston †August 27th, 1782, Combahee River

64

Maurus Feyerabend

German Benedictine, Catholic clergyman, canon lawyer and historian

*January 1st, 1754, Schwabmünchen †January 1st, 1818, Ottobeuren

39

Pierre Philippeaux

French lawyer (1754-1794)

*November 9th, 1754, Oise †April 5th, 1794, Paris

77

George Crabbe

English poet, surgeon, and clergyman

*December 24th, 1754, Aldeburgh †February 3rd, 1832, Trowbridge

87

Archibald Menzies

Scottish surgeon, botanist and naturalist (1754-1842)

*March 15th, 1754, Weem †February 15th, 1842, Kensington

58

Étienne Ozi

French musician

*December 9th, 1754, Nîmes †October 5th, 1813, Paris

75

John Lansing, Jr.

American politician (1754-1829)

*January 30th, 1754, Albany †December 12th, 1829, New York City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1754 is a normal year and no leap year.

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