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| August 12th, 2030 (August 12 2030) | Event | Cleopatra commits suicide after her lover, Mark Antony s defeat at the battle of Actium. | |
| August 12th, 2030 (August 12 2030) | Death | Cleopatra (born in 69 BC) | |
| August 12th, 2007 (August 12 2007) | Event | Bulk carrier M/V New Flame collides with oil tanker Torm Gertrud at the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, ending up partially submerged. | |
| August 12th, 2007 (August 12 2007) | Death | Merv Griffin, American television host and game show creator (born in 1925) | |
| August 12th, 2007 (August 12 2007) | Death | Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (born in 1963) | |
| August 12th, 2005 (August 12 2005) | Event | Sri Lanka s foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home. | |
| August 12th, 2005 (August 12 2005) | Event | An F2 tornado strikes the coal mining town of Wright, Wyoming, destroying nearly 100 homes and killing two people. | |
| August 12th, 2005 (August 12 2005) | Event | Civil unrest provoked in the Maldives | |
| August 12th, 2005 (August 12 2005) | Event | An F1 tornado strikes Glen Cove, New York, a rare event on Long Island | |
| August 12th, 2005 (August 12 2005) | Death | John Loder, co-founder of the anarcho-punk band CRASS (born in 1946) | |
| August 12th, 2004 (August 12 2004) | Event | New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey comes out publicly as a gay man. | |
| August 12th, 2004 (August 12 2004) | Death | Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, English electrical engineer and inventor, Nobel laureate (born in 1919) | |
| August 12th, 2004 (August 12 2004) | Death | Peter Woodthorpe, British actor (born in 1931) | |
| August 12th, 2002 (August 12 2002) | Death | Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (born in 1916) | |
| August 12th, 2000 (August 12 2000) | Event | The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy exploded and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise. | |
| August 12th, 2000 (August 12 2000) | Death | Loretta Young, American actress (born in 1913) | |
| August 12th, 1999 (August 12 1999) | Death | Jean Drapeau, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (born in 1916) | |
| August 12th, 1997 (August 12 1997) | Death | Luther Allison, American musician (born in 1939) | |
| August 12th, 1996 (August 12 1996) | Death | Robert Gravel, French Canadian actor and theatrical director (born in 1945) | |
| August 12th, 1996 (August 12 1996) | Death | Mark Gruenwald, American comic book writer and editor (born in 1953) | |
| August 12th, 1994 (August 12 1994) | Event | Major League Baseball players go on strike. The work stoppage forces the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. | |
| August 12th, 1992 (August 12 1992) | Event | Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). | |
| August 12th, 1992 (August 12 1992) | Death | John Cage, American composer (born in 1912) | John Cage Quotes |
| August 12th, 1990 (August 12 1990) | Event | Sue, the most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex, is discovered near Faith, South Dakota. | |
| August 12th, 1990 (August 12 1990) | Death | B. Kliban, American cartoonist (born in 1935) | |
| August 12th, 1990 (August 12 1990) | Death | Dorothy Mackaill, British-born American actress (born in 1903) | |
| August 12th, 1989 (August 12 1989) | Death | William Shockley, American physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1910) | |
| August 12th, 1989 (August 12 1989) | Death | Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian footballer (born in 1964) | |
| August 12th, 1988 (August 12 1988) | Death | Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haitian-American artist (born in 1960) | |
| August 12th, 1985 (August 12 1985) | Event | Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Mount Ogura in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520. It is the worst single-plane air disaster. | |
| August 12th, 1985 (August 12 1985) | Death | Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer (plane crash) (born in 1941) | |
| August 12th, 1985 (August 12 1985) | Death | Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (born in 1951) | |
| August 12th, 1983 (August 12 1983) | Birth | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer | |
| August 12th, 1982 (August 12 1982) | Event | Mexico announces it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spread to all of Latin America and the Third World. | |
| August 12th, 1982 (August 12 1982) | Birth | Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer | |
| August 12th, 1982 (August 12 1982) | Death | Henry Fonda, American actor (born in 1905) | |
| August 12th, 1982 (August 12 1982) | Death | Salvador Sanchez, Mexican boxer (born in 1959) | |
| August 12th, 1982 (August 12 1982) | Death | Varlam Shalamov, Russian writer (born in 1907) | |
| August 12th, 1981 (August 12 1981) | Event | The IBM Personal Computer is released. | |
| August 12th, 1981 (August 12 1981) | Birth | Tony Capaldi, Northern Ireland footballer | |
| August 12th, 1981 (August 12 1981) | Birth | Djibril Cisse, French footballer | |
| August 12th, 1980 (August 12 1980) | Event | Signing of the Montevideo Treaty, which established the Latin American Integration Association. | |
| August 12th, 1980 (August 12 1980) | Birth | Maggie Lawson, American actress | |
| August 12th, 1980 (August 12 1980) | Birth | Dominique Swain, American actress | |
| August 12th, 1980 (August 12 1980) | Birth | Matt Thiessen, Canadian-born musician (Relient K) | |
| August 12th, 1980 (August 12 1980) | Birth | Jade Villalon, American singer/songwriter | |
| August 12th, 1979 (August 12 1979) | Birth | D.J. Houlton, American baseball player | |
| August 12th, 1979 (August 12 1979) | Birth | Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater | |
| August 12th, 1979 (August 12 1979) | Death | Ernst Boris Chain, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1906) | |
| August 12th, 1978 (August 12 1978) | Event | Japan and the People s Republic of China sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People s Republic of China. | |
| August 12th, 1978 (August 12 1978) | Birth | Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| August 12th, 1978 (August 12 1978) | Birth | Chris Chambers, American football player | |
| August 12th, 1977 (August 12 1977) | Event | The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. | |
| August 12th, 1977 (August 12 1977) | Birth | Plaxico Burress, American football player | |
| August 12th, 1977 (August 12 1977) | Birth | Jesper Gronkj?r, Danish footballer | |
| August 12th, 1977 (August 12 1977) | Birth | Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer | |
| August 12th, 1976 (August 12 1976) | Birth | Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindstrom, Finnish guitarist | |
| August 12th, 1976 (August 12 1976) | Birth | Antoine Walker, American basketball player | |
| August 12th, 1976 (August 12 1976) | Birth | Wednesday 13, American musician (Wednesday 13, Murderdolls) | |
| August 12th, 1976 (August 12 1976) | Birth | Brad Lukowich, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| August 12th, 1976 (August 12 1976) | Birth | Richard McCourt, English children s television presenter | |
| August 12th, 1976 (August 12 1976) | Birth | Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player | |
| August 12th, 1975 (August 12 1975) | Birth | Casey Affleck, American actor | |
| August 12th, 1975 (August 12 1975) | Birth | David Filmore, American actor | |
| August 12th, 1974 (August 12 1974) | Birth | Matt Clement, American baseball player | |
| August 12th, 1973 (August 12 1973) | Birth | Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist | |
| August 12th, 1973 (August 12 1973) | Birth | Jonathan Coachman, American professional wrestler and executive | |
| August 12th, 1973 (August 12 1973) | Birth | Todd Marchant, American ice hockey player | |
| August 12th, 1973 (August 12 1973) | Birth | Richard Reid (shoe bomber) | |
| August 12th, 1973 (August 12 1973) | Birth | Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress | |
| August 12th, 1973 (August 12 1973) | Birth | Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadrson of Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr | |
| August 12th, 1973 (August 12 1973) | Birth | Grey DeLisle, American voice actress | |
| August 12th, 1973 (August 12 1973) | Death | Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist, Nobel laureate (born in 1881) | Rudolf Hess Quotes |
| August 12th, 1973 (August 12 1973) | Death | Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1898) | |
| August 12th, 1972 (August 12 1972) | Birth | Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer | |
| August 12th, 1972 (August 12 1972) | Birth | Takanohana, Sumo yokozuna | |
| August 12th, 1971 (August 12 1971) | Birth | Michael Ian Black, American comedian | |
| August 12th, 1971 (August 12 1971) | Birth | Rebecca Gayheart, American actress | |
| August 12th, 1971 (August 12 1971) | Birth | Pete Sampras, American tennis player | |
| August 12th, 1970 (August 12 1970) | Birth | Anthony Swofford, American novelist | |
| August 12th, 1970 (August 12 1970) | Birth | Jim Schlossnagle, baseball coach | |
| August 12th, 1970 (August 12 1970) | Birth | Charles Mesure, British actor | |
| August 12th, 1969 (August 12 1969) | Event | Battle of the Bogside, Catholic community of Derry engage in two-day battle with the Royal Ulster Constabulary | |
| August 12th, 1969 (August 12 1969) | Birth | Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor | |
| August 12th, 1968 (August 12 1968) | Birth | Andras Jones, American actor | |
| August 12th, 1968 (August 12 1968) | Death | Esther Forbes, American novelist (born in 1891) | |
| August 12th, 1967 (August 12 1967) | Birth | Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer | |
| August 12th, 1967 (August 12 1967) | Birth | Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker | |
| August 12th, 1967 (August 12 1967) | Birth | Andy Hui, Hong Kong actor and singer | |
| August 12th, 1966 (August 12 1966) | Birth | Les Ferdinand, English footballer | |
| August 12th, 1965 (August 12 1965) | Birth | Peter Krause, American actor | |
| August 12th, 1964 (August 12 1964) | Event | South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to its racist policy. | |
| August 12th, 1964 (August 12 1964) | Event | Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England. | |
| August 12th, 1964 (August 12 1964) | Death | Ian Fleming, English novelist (James Bond) (born in 1908) | |
| August 12th, 1963 (August 12 1963) | Birth | Sir Mix A Lot, American rapper | |
| August 12th, 1962 (August 12 1962) | Birth | Miss Cleo, American psychic | |
| August 12th, 1961 (August 12 1961) | Birth | Roy Hay, British guitarist and keyboardist (Culture Club) | |
| August 12th, 1961 (August 12 1961) | Birth | Lawrence Hayward, English musician (Felt, Denim, Go Kart Mozart) | |
| August 12th, 1960 (August 12 1960) | Event | Echo I, the first communications satellite, launched. | |
| August 12th, 1960 (August 12 1960) | Birth | Laurent Fignon, French cyclist | |
| August 12th, 1959 (August 12 1959) | Birth | Amanda Redman, English actress | |
| August 12th, 1959 (August 12 1959) | Death | Mike O Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (born in 1877) | |
| August 12th, 1956 (August 12 1956) | Birth | Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor | |
| August 12th, 1955 (August 12 1955) | Birth | Ann M. Martin, American author | |
| August 12th, 1955 (August 12 1955) | Birth | Terry Taylor, American retired professional wrestler | |
| August 12th, 1955 (August 12 1955) | Death | Thomas Mann, German writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1875) | Thomas Mann Quotes |
| August 12th, 1955 (August 12 1955) | Death | James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1887) | |
| August 12th, 1954 (August 12 1954) | Birth | Sam J. Jones, American actor | |
| August 12th, 1954 (August 12 1954) | Birth | Pat Metheny, American guitarist | |
| August 12th, 1953 (August 12 1953) | Event | Nuclear testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project proceeded with the detonation of Joe 4, the first Soviet thermonuclear weapon. | |
| August 12th, 1952 (August 12 1952) | Event | The Night of the Murdered PoetsThirteen most prominent Jewish intellectuals were murdered in Moscow. | |
| August 12th, 1952 (August 12 1952) | Birth | Chen Kaige, Chinese film director | |
| August 12th, 1952 (August 12 1952) | Death | David Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (born in 1884) | |
| August 12th, 1951 (August 12 1951) | Birth | Willie Horton, American murderer and rapist | |
| August 12th, 1950 (August 12 1950) | Birth | Jim Beaver, American actor and writer | |
| August 12th, 1949 (August 12 1949) | Birth | Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek politician | |
| August 12th, 1949 (August 12 1949) | Birth | Mark Knopfler OBE, Scottish guitarist (Dire Straits) | |
| August 12th, 1948 (August 12 1948) | Death | Harry Brearley, English inventor (born in 1871) | |
| August 12th, 1947 (August 12 1947) | Birth | Ron Mael, American musician (Sparks) | |
| August 12th, 1947 (August 12 1947) | Birth | Sam Rosen, American sportscaster | |
| August 12th, 1944 (August 12 1944) | Event | Waffen SS troops massacre more than 500 civil people in Sant Anna di Stazzema. | |
| August 12th, 1944 (August 12 1944) | Event | Alencon liberated by General Leclerc, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces. | |
| August 12th, 1944 (August 12 1944) | Birth | Peter Hofmann, German tenor | |
| August 12th, 1944 (August 12 1944) | Death | Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (born in 1915) | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| August 12th, 1943 (August 12 1943) | Event | Alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge. | |
| August 12th, 1943 (August 12 1943) | Birth | Deborah Walley, American actress (died in 2001) | |
| August 12th, 1943 (August 12 1943) | Death | Bobby Peel, English cricketer (born in 1857) | |
| August 12th, 1941 (August 12 1941) | Birth | Rejean Ducharme, Quebec novelist and playwright | |
| August 12th, 1939 (August 12 1939) | Birth | George Hamilton, American actor | |
| August 12th, 1939 (August 12 1939) | Birth | Roy Romanow, Canadian politician | |
| August 12th, 1939 (August 12 1939) | Birth | Michael D. Antonovich, American politician | |
| August 12th, 1938 (August 12 1938) | Birth | Jean-Paul L Allier, Canadian Mayor of Quebec | |
| August 12th, 1937 (August 12 1937) | Birth | Walter Dean Myers, African-American author | |
| August 12th, 1935 (August 12 1935) | Birth | John Cazale, Italian-American actor (died in 1978) | |
| August 12th, 1935 (August 12 1935) | Death | Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (born in 1851) | |
| August 12th, 1934 (August 12 1934) | Death | Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect (born in 1856) | |
| August 12th, 1933 (August 12 1933) | Birth | Parnelli Jones, American race car driver and team owner | |
| August 12th, 1932 (August 12 1932) | Birth | Charlie O Donnell, American game show announcer | |
| August 12th, 1932 (August 12 1932) | Birth | Somdej Phra Nangchao Sirikit Phra Boromarajininat HM Queen Sirikit of Thailand | |
| August 12th, 1931 (August 12 1931) | Birth | William Goldman, American screenwriter | |
| August 12th, 1930 (August 12 1930) | Birth | George Soros Hungarian-American financier and political activist | George Soros Quotes |
| August 12th, 1930 (August 12 1930) | Birth | Jacques Tits, Belgian mathematician | |
| August 12th, 1929 (August 12 1929) | Birth | Buck Owens, American singer (died in 2006) | |
| August 12th, 1928 (August 12 1928) | Birth | Charles Blackman, Australian artist | |
| August 12th, 1928 (August 12 1928) | Birth | Bob Buhl, American baseball player (died in 2001) | |
| August 12th, 1928 (August 12 1928) | Birth | Dan Curtis, film and television producer and director | |
| August 12th, 1928 (August 12 1928) | Death | Leos Janacek, Czech composer (born in 1854) | Leos Janacek Quotes |
| August 12th, 1927 (August 12 1927) | Birth | Porter Wagoner, American singer (died in 2007) | |
| August 12th, 1926 (August 12 1926) | Birth | John Derek, American actor (died in 1998) | |
| August 12th, 1926 (August 12 1926) | Birth | Joe Jones, American R&B singer (died in 2005) | |
| August 12th, 1926 (August 12 1926) | Birth | Wallace Markfield, American writer (died in 2002) | |
| August 12th, 1925 (August 12 1925) | Event | The first cast of Alpha Psi Omega, drawn from The Masquers of Fairmont College, West Virginia, was initiated. | |
| August 12th, 1925 (August 12 1925) | Birth | Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (died in 2004) | |
| August 12th, 1925 (August 12 1925) | Birth | Ross McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (died in 1975) | |
| August 12th, 1925 (August 12 1925) | Birth | George Wetherill, American scientist (died in 2006) | |
| August 12th, 1924 (August 12 1924) | Birth | Derek Shackleton, English cricketer (died in 2007) | |
| August 12th, 1924 (August 12 1924) | Birth | Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (died in 1988) | |
| August 12th, 1922 (August 12 1922) | Death | Arthur Griffith, President of Ireland (born in 1871) | |
| August 12th, 1919 (August 12 1919) | Birth | Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (died in 1971) | |
| August 12th, 1918 (August 12 1918) | Birth | Guy Gibson, British aviator, awarded Victoria Cross (died in 1944) | |
| August 12th, 1918 (August 12 1918) | Death | Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (born in 1872) | |
| August 12th, 1915 (August 12 1915) | Birth | Michael Kidd, American choreographer (died in 2007) | |
| August 12th, 1914 (August 12 1914) | Event | World WarBritain declares war on Austria-Hungary; British Empire countries automatically included. | |
| August 12th, 1914 (August 12 1914) | Birth | Gerd Buchdahl, German philosopher (died in 2001) | Philo Quotes |
| August 12th, 1914 (August 12 1914) | Birth | Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and composer (I ll Never Smile Again) (died in 1981) | |
| August 12th, 1914 (August 12 1914) | Death | John Philip Holland, Irish submarine designer (born in 1840) | |
| August 12th, 1912 (August 12 1912) | Birth | Samuel Fuller, American film director (died in 1997) | |
| August 12th, 1911 (August 12 1911) | Birth | Cantinflas, Mexican actor (died in 1993) | |
| August 12th, 1910 (August 12 1910) | Birth | Jane Wyatt, American actress (died in 2006) | |
| August 12th, 1910 (August 12 1910) | Birth | Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (died in 1970) | |
| August 12th, 1909 (August 12 1909) | Birth | Richard Bare, American director | |
| August 12th, 1908 (August 12 1908) | Event | First Model T Ford built. | |
| August 12th, 1907 (August 12 1907) | Birth | Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (died in 1988) | |
| August 12th, 1906 (August 12 1906) | Birth | Harry Hopman, Australian-born tennis player and coach (died in 1985) | |
| August 12th, 1906 (August 12 1906) | Birth | Tedd Pierce, American animator (died in 1972) | |
| August 12th, 1904 (August 12 1904) | Birth | Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia, only son of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (died in 1918) | |
| August 12th, 1902 (August 12 1902) | Birth | Mohammad Hatta, Vice President of Indonesia 1945-1956 (died in 1980) | |
| August 12th, 1901 (August 12 1901) | Death | Adolf Erik Nordenskiold, Finnish-Swedish explorer (born in 1832) | |
| August 12th, 1900 (August 12 1900) | Death | Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (born in 1836) | |
| August 12th, 1898 (August 12 1898) | Event | Armistice ends the Spanish-American War. | |
| August 12th, 1898 (August 12 1898) | Event | The Hawaiian flag is lowered from Iolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the American flag to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawai`i to the United States. | |
| August 12th, 1896 (August 12 1896) | Death | Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg | |
| August 12th, 1892 (August 12 1892) | Birth | Alfred Lunt, American actor (died in 1977) | |
| August 12th, 1891 (August 12 1891) | Death | James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (born in 1819) | James Russell Lowell Quotes |
| August 12th, 1889 (August 12 1889) | Birth | Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (died in 1981) | |
| August 12th, 1887 (August 12 1887) | Birth | Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1961) | |
| August 12th, 1886 (August 12 1886) | Birth | Sir Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist and newspaper owner (died in 1952) | |
| August 12th, 1885 (August 12 1885) | Birth | Jean Cabannes, French physicist (died in 1959) | |
| August 12th, 1885 (August 12 1885) | Birth | Marion Lorne, American actress (died in 1968) | |
| August 12th, 1883 (August 12 1883) | Event | The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam. | |
| August 12th, 1883 (August 12 1883) | Birth | Pauline Frederick, American actress (died in 1938) | |
| August 12th, 1881 (August 12 1881) | Birth | Cecil B. DeMille, American director (died in 1959) | |
| August 12th, 1880 (August 12 1880) | Birth | Radclyffe Hall, British author (died in 1943) | |
| August 12th, 1880 (August 12 1880) | Birth | Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (died in 1925) | |
| August 12th, 1877 (August 12 1877) | Event | Asaph Hall discovers Deimos. | |
| August 12th, 1876 (August 12 1876) | Birth | Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author (died in 1958) | |
| August 12th, 1872 (August 12 1872) | Birth | Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (died in 1956) | |
| August 12th, 1867 (August 12 1867) | Birth | Edith Hamilton, German classicist (died in 1963) | Edith Hamilton Quotes |
| August 12th, 1866 (August 12 1866) | Birth | Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1954) | |
| August 12th, 1865 (August 12 1865) | Death | William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (born in 1785) | |
| August 12th, 1864 (August 12 1864) | Death | Sakuma Shozan, Japanese reformer (born in 1811) | |
| August 12th, 1861 (August 12 1861) | Death | Eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (born in 1793) | |
| August 12th, 1859 (August 12 1859) | Birth | Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (died in 1929) | |
| August 12th, 1856 (August 12 1856) | Birth | "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier (died in 1917) | |
| August 12th, 1851 (August 12 1851) | Event | Isaac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine. | |
| August 12th, 1848 (August 12 1848) | Death | George Stephenson, British locomotive designer (born in 1781) | |
| August 12th, 1833 (August 12 1833) | Event | Chicago was founded. | |
| August 12th, 1827 (August 12 1827) | Death | William Blake, English poet and artist (born in 1757) | William Blake Quotes |
| August 12th, 1822 (August 12 1822) | Death | Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, English politician and statesman (born in 1769) | |
| August 12th, 1810 (August 12 1810) | Death | Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (born in 1725) | |
| August 12th, 1809 (August 12 1809) | Death | Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (born in 1738) | |
| August 12th, 1806 (August 12 1806) | Event | Santiago de Liniers re-takes the city of Buenos Aires after the first British invasion. | |
| August 12th, 1793 (August 12 1793) | Event | The Rhone department was created when the former departement of Rhone-et-Loire was split into two departments: Rhone and Loire (Lere). | |
| August 12th, 1778 (August 12 1778) | Death | Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (born in 1714) | |
| August 12th, 1774 (August 12 1774) | Birth | Robert Southey, English poet and biographer (died in 1843) | Robert Southey Quotes |
| August 12th, 1762 (August 12 1762) | Birth | King George IV of the United Kingdom (died in 1830) | |
| August 12th, 1720 (August 12 1720) | Birth | Konrad Ekhof, German actor (died in 1778) | |
| August 12th, 1696 (August 12 1696) | Birth | Maurice Greene, English composer (died in 1755) | |
| August 12th, 1689 (August 12 1689) | Death | Pope Innocent XI (born in 1611) | |
| August 12th, 1687 (August 12 1687) | Event | Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohacs. | |
| August 12th, 1686 (August 12 1686) | Birth | John Balguy, English philosopher (died in 1748) | Philo Quotes |
| August 12th, 1676 (August 12 1676) | Event | Praying Indian John Alderman shot and killed Metacomet the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip s War. | |
| August 12th, 1674 (August 12 1674) | Death | Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (born in 1602) | |
| August 12th, 1648 (August 12 1648) | Death | Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (born in 1615) | |
| August 12th, 1647 (August 12 1647) | Birth | Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (died in 1719) | |
| August 12th, 1644 (August 12 1644) | Birth | Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Bohemian composer (died in 1704) | |
| August 12th, 1643 (August 12 1643) | Birth | King Afonso VI of Portugal (died in 1683) | |
| August 12th, 1638 (August 12 1638) | Death | Johannes Althusius, German writer (born in 1557) | |
| August 12th, 1633 (August 12 1633) | Death | Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (born in 1561) | |
| August 12th, 1629 (August 12 1629) | Birth | Tsar Alexei I of Russia (died in 1676) | |
| August 12th, 1612 (August 12 1612) | Death | Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer | |
| August 12th, 1604 (August 12 1604) | Birth | Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (died in 1651) | |
| August 12th, 1588 (August 12 1588) | Death | Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (born in 1543) | |
| August 12th, 1577 (August 12 1577) | Death | Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (born in 1513) | |
| August 12th, 1566 (August 12 1566) | Birth | Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (died in 1633) | |
| August 12th, 1512 (August 12 1512) | Death | Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (born in 1463) | Philo Quotes |
| August 12th, 1503 (August 12 1503) | Birth | Christian III of Denmark and Norway (died in 1559) | |
| August 12th, 1499 (August 12 1499) | Event | First act of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets. | |
| August 12th, 1484 (August 12 1484) | Death | George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher (born in 1395) | Philo Quotes |
| August 12th, 1484 (August 12 1484) | Death | Pope Sixtus IV (born in 1414) | |
| August 12th, 1480 (August 12 1480) | Event | Battle of OtrantoOttoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam. | |
| August 12th, 1424 (August 12 1424) | Death | Yongle, Emperor of China (born in 1460) | |
| August 12th, 1332 (August 12 1332) | Event | Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin MoorScots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar routed by Edward Balliol. | |
| August 12th, 1323 (August 12 1323) | Event | Treaty of NoteborgSweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the first time. | |
| August 12th, 1281 (August 12 1281) | Event | The fleet of Qubilai Khan is destroyed by a typhoon while approaching Japan. | |
| August 12th, 1164 (August 12 1164) | Event | Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch. | |
| August 12th, 1121 (August 12 1121) | Event | Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David the Builder won a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi. | |
| August 12th, 1099 (August 12 1099) | Event | First Crusade: Battle of AscalonCrusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces under Al-Afdal Shahanshah. Considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. | |
| August 12th, 0875 (August 12 0875) | Death | Louis II Holy Roman Emperor (born in 825) | |
