August 12th, 1774

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Born on August 12th, 1774 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1774)

Born on August 12th, 1774

Weekday

Friday

August 12th, 1774 was a Friday.

Age

249

People born on August 12th, 1774 will turn 250 this year (2024), in exactly 107 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1774 - August 23rd, 1774

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 91,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 796 days, exactly on July 2nd, 2026, people who were born on August 12th, 1774 will be 92,000 days old!

91,204 Days

13,029 Weeks

2,996 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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, 1774

Robert Southey

English romantic poet (1774–1843)

*August 12th, 1774, Bristol †March 21st, 1843, Keswick

August Ludwig Diemer

German jurist

*August 12th, 1774, Milkel/Minakał †June 26th, 1855, Rostock

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 12th?

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

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

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

Toby Penty

English badminton player

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

Klara Hitler

Mother of Adolf Hitler

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

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

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

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

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

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

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

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

Helena Blavatsky

Russian occult writer

*August 12th, 1831, Dnipro †April 26th, 1891, London

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

Same year
Born in 1774

Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs

German chemist and mineralogist (1774-1856)

*May 15th, 1774, Bavarian Forest †March 5th, 1856, Munich

Hans Graf von Bülow

German noble (1774–1825)

*July 14th, 1774, Essenrode †August 11th, 1825, Lądek-Zdrój

Johann Ernst Daniel Bornschein

German author (1774–1838)

*July 20th, 1774, Prettin †April 1st, 1838, Gera

Jean-Baptiste Biot

French scientist (1774-1862)

*April 21st, 1774, Paris †February 3rd, 1862, Paris

Gaspare Spontini

Italian composer and conductor

*November 14th, 1774, Maiolati Spontini †January 24th, 1851, Maiolati Spontini

Caspar David Friedrich

German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)

*September 5th, 1774, Greifswald †May 7th, 1840, Dresden

Francis Beaufort

Irish hydrographer and naval officer (1774-1857)

*May 27th, 1774, Navan †December 17th, 1857, Hove

Tadeusz Tyszkiewicz

*September 6th, 1774, Belvederis †April 3rd, 1852, Paris

Meriwether Lewis

American explorer (1774-1809)

*August 18th, 1774, Albemarle County †October 11th, 1809, Hickman County

Carl Haller von Hallerstein

German architect

*June 10th, 1774, Hiltpoltstein Castle †January 1st, 1817, Tempi Municipality

Daniel D. Tompkins

American politician; sixth vice president of the United States (1774–1825)

*June 21st, 1774, Scarsdale †June 11th, 1825, Castleton, Staten Island

Domenico Rossetti

Academic (1774 - 1842), member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino since 1832

*March 19th, 1774, Trieste †November 29th, 1842, Trieste

Elizabeth Ann Seton

First native-born American saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1774-1821)

*August 28th, 1774, New York City †January 4th, 1821, Emmitsburg

Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel

French naval minister (1774-1848)

*June 24th, 1774, Frencq †March 27th, 1848, Paris

Adolf Müllner

German writer

*October 18th, 1774, Langendorf †June 11th, 1829, Weißenfels

Ludwig von Vincke

Politician, writer and jurist (1774-1844)

*December 23rd, 1774, Minden †December 2nd, 1844, Münster

Antonio González de Balcarce

Argentine general

*June 24th, 1774, Buenos Aires †August 5th, 1819, Buenos Aires

Francis Baily

British astronomer

*April 28th, 1774, Newbury †August 30th, 1844, London

Ferdinand Hartmann

German painter (1774-1842)

*July 14th, 1774, Stuttgart †January 6th, 1842, Dresden

Laurids Engelstoft

Danish historian

*December 2nd, 1774, Hobro †March 14th, 1851, Copenhagen

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.VIII.MDCCLXXIV

12.8.1774

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1774 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1774

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August 12th, 1774

Born on August 12th, 1774

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 91,000 days old!

91,204 Days

13,029 Weeks

2,996 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 12th?

The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.

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.

Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue (pictured).

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.

The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.

Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions.

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.

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.

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.

The last known quagga (colourised example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.

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.

Crusades: Fatimid forces under al-Afdal Shahanshah began retreating to Egypt after the Battle of Ascalon, concluding the First Crusade.

The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.

Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.

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, 1774

English romantic poet (1774–1843)

German jurist

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 12th?

Same year Born in 1774

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 12th

Euplius

Eusebius of Milan

Herculanus of Brescia

Pope Innocent XI

Jænberht

Muiredach (or Murtagh)

Porcarius II

August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom)

HM the Queen Mother's Birthday and National Mother's Day (Thailand)

International Youth Day (United Nations)

Russian Air Force Day (Russia)

Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia)

Sea Org Day (Scientology)

World Elephant Day (International)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

12.8.1774

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Calendar
August 1774

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