Today in History for 12th August 2015 Historical Events Events 1 - 100 of 190 3 - Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem 1071 - Alp Arslan beat Byzantines, emperor Romanos IV Diogenes 1099 - Battle at Ascalon: Godfried of Broth leading the Crusaders beats Egyptians Fatimid army 1121 - Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi. 1164 - Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch. 1323 - Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the first time. 1332 - Battle of Dupplin Moor; Scottish dynastic battle 1336 - English King Edward III ends wool export to Flanders 1480 - Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam. 1492 - Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World 1499 - First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets. 1530 - Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I 1549 - French troops occupy Ambleteuse England
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Today in History for 12th August 2015
Historical Events
Events 1 - 100 of 190
3 - Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star ofBethlehem
1071 - Alp Arslan beat Byzantines,emperor Romanos IV Diogenes
1099 - Battle at Ascalon: Godfried ofBroth leading the Crusaders beatsEgyptians Fatimid army
1121 - Battle of Didgori: the Georgianarmy under King David the Builderwins a decisive victory over the famousSeljuk commander Ilghazi.
1164 - Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Dindefeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
1323 - Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the firsttime.
1332 - Battle of Dupplin Moor; Scottish dynastic battle
1336 - English King Edward III ends wool export to Flanders
1480 - Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam.
1492 - Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World
1499 - First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
1530 - Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I
1549 - French troops occupy Ambleteuse England
Explorer of the New World Christopher Columbus
1553 - Pope Julius III orders confiscation & burning of Jewish Talmud
1588 - Commander of the English fleet Lord Howard of Effingham calls off chase of the SpanishArmada off coast of Scotland
1588 - Medemblik surrenders to Spanish army
1658 - 1st American police force forms (New Amsterdam)
1665 - English fleet beat Dutch fleet
1676 - 1st war between American colonists & Indians ends in New England
1687 - Charles of Lotharingen defeats Turkish leaders
1687 - Battle of Mohacs: Ottoman invaders of Hungary routed by forces of Holy Roman Emperorunder Charles of Lorraine
1759 - Battle of Kunersdorf - Russian-Austrian army overpowers Prussians
1793 - The Rhône départment is created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire was splitinto two: Rhône and Loire (Lêre).
1812 - Duke of Wellington's troops enter Madrid
1831 - Dutch troops conquer Leuven
1831 - Netherlands & Belgium sign peace treaty
1833 - Chicago is founded.
1851 - 1st America's Cup - US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora after race around theIsle of Wight
1851 - Isaac Singer patents sewing machine
1856 - Anthony Fass patents accordion
1861 - Skirmish at Texas - rebels are attacked by Apache Indians
1862 - Gen John Hunt Morgan & his raiders capture Gallatin, TX
1940 - PGA golfer Sam Snead (28) weds high school sweetheart Audrey Karnes
1941 - "I Love Lucy" actress Vivan Vance (32) weds actor Philip Ober (39)
1949 - Multi-Tony award-winning actress Angela Lansbury (23) weds actor and producer Peter Shaw(31) at St. Columba's Presbyterian Church of Scotland in London, England
1956 - Canadain actor William Shatner (Star Trek) marries Gloria Rand
1988 - Country singer John Denver (44) weds actress Cassandra Delaney
2000 - "Saturday Night Live" actor-comedian Will Ferrell (33) weds Swedish actress Viveca Paulin(31)
2006 - "Syfy" actor Sam Huntington (24) weds actress Rachel Klein in Hancock, New Hampshire
2006 - Phil McGraw's son and "Renovate My Family" host Jay McGraw (27) weds former PlayboyPlaymates Erica Dahm (28) in Beverly Hills, California
Country Singer John Denver (1988)
2011 - Actress and model Brooke Burke (40) weds singer/actor David Charvet (39) in St. Barthelemy,Guadeloupe
Famous Divorces
Divorces 1 - 1 of 1
2011 - Rock singer John Mellencamp (59) divorces modelElaine Irwin Mellencamp (41) after 18 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 100 of 114
30 BC - Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of theEgyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide allegedly byinducing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her
875 - Louis II, 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
1424 - Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)
1484 - Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies
1484 - George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher (b. 1395)
Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt Cleopatra (30 BC)
1546 - Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies
1577 - Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)
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
1648 - Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1615)
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
1778 - Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714)
1797 - Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73
1809 - Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738)
1810 - Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
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
Poet/Artist William Blake (1827)
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
1861 - Eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. 1793)
1864 - Sakuma Sh?zan, Japanese reformer (b. 1811)
1865 - William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies
1877 - James Drummond, historical painter, dies
1883 - Last Quagga, (zebra with less slashes), dies in Amsterdam zoo
1885 - Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65
1891 - James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies
1896 - Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg
1900 - James E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42
1900 - Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (b. 1836)
1901 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832)
1911 - Jozef Israels, painter, dies
1911 - Petrus H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformist vicar (Levenslicht), dies at 79
Engineer John Philip Holland (1914)
1914 - John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies at 74
1918 - Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. 1872)
1922 - Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies
1928 - Leo? Janá?ek, Czech composer (b. 1854)
1934 - Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78
1935 - Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)
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 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. 1915)
1948 - Harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871)
1952 - David Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884)
1955 - Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80
1955 - James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1887)
Novelist Thomas Mann (1955)
1959 - Mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1877)
1964 - Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56
1968 - Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81
1968 - Esther Forbes, American novelist (b. 1891)
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
1973 - Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1881)
1973 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist and Nobel Laureate, dies at 74
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
1982 - Salvador Sanchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
Chemist/Nobel Laureate Karl Ziegler (1973)
1982 - Varlam Shalamov, Russian writer (b. 1907)
1983 - Henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies
1985 - Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86
1985 - Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951)
1988 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies
1989 - William Shockley, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
1989 - Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian footballer (b. 1964)
1990 - Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87
1990 - Sara Seegar, [Stone], actor (Mystery of Room 13), dies at 76
1990 - B. Kliban, American cartoonist (b. 1935)
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
Physicist William Shockley (1989)
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
1999 - Jean Drapeau, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1916)