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Deaths on August 12

xxxx : Louis II I, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50
1158 : Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies
1350 : Philip VI, king of France, dies
1484 : Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies
1546 : Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies
1588 : Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45
1612 : Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60
1633 : Jacopo Peri, Itallian opera composer, dies at 71
1638 : Johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81
1654 : Cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76
1660 : Gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33
1674 : Philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies
1675 : Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73
1676 : King Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death
1689 : Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Pope (1676-89), dies at 78
1715 : Nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies
1728 : Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61
1750 : Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies
1797 : Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73
1811 : John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77
1812 : Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81
1822 : Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies
1827 : William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69
1830 : Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50
1848 : George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies
1849 : Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88
1857 : William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies
1865 : William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies
1877 : James Drummond, historical painter, dies
1883 : Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies
1885 : Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65
1891 : James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies
1900 : James E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42
1901 : Nils Adolf Erik, [Baron Nordenskj”ld], geologist/explorer, dies
1911 : Jozef Isra‰ls, painter, dies
1911 : Petrus H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformist vicar (Levenslicht), dies at 79
1914 : John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies
1922 : Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies
1928 : Leos Jan cek, Czech composer/conductor (Sly Little Fox), dies at 74
1934 : Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78
1938 : Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74
1941 : Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies
1943 : Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76
1944 : Fran‡ois Ambrosiny, Fr dancer/choreographer (Fˆtes d'H‚b‚), dies at 66
1955 : Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80
1964 : Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56
1968 : Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81
1969 : Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72
1973 : John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies
1976 : Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies
1982 : Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80
1982 : Henry Fonda, actor (On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77
1982 : Joe Tex, rocker, dies at 49
1983 : Henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies
1985 : Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86
1988 : Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies
1990 : Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87
1990 : Sara Seegar, [Stone], actor (Mystery of Room 13), dies at 76
1991 : Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies
1991 : William Gordon, screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies
1992 : Beverley Brooks, dies of a stroke at 63
1992 : John Cage, avante-garde composer, dies of a stroke at 79
1992 : Lady Rothermere, [Bubbles], wife of British newspaper magnate, dies
1992 : Queen Mother of Oman, dies
1993 : Jerome Thor, actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac at 69
1994 : Gene Cherico, bassist, dies at 59
1994 : Manfred Salzgeber, German film distributor/publicist, dies at about 51
1995 : Frank Cvitanovich, film maker, dies at 68
1996 : Anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat, dies at 73
1996 : Victor Ambartsumian, astrophysicist, dies at 87
1997 : Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57
2002 : Table Tennis Champion V Sivaraman dies at 83.

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