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Born on Wednesday August 12, 1750
- Gerrit de FRANKRIJKER, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1802)
- Adrianus Verhoeven, Ulicoten († 1808)
- Eleanor Larrabee, Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 1840)
- Cornelia Engbrink, Werkhoven
- Anna Elisabeth Ubachs, Berg en Terblijt, Nederland († 1750)
- Elyzabetha Coevermans, Schiedam
- Ewit Versluijs, Oudewater
- Egidius Smoors, Den Dungen
- Gerard Prick, Wolder († 1824)
- van Gogh, Heeswijk, Nederland
Died on Wednesday August 12, 1750
- Louis François VAN COPPENOLLE (61), Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Christine Weyandt (0), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Neeltje thijsse VAN DER HASS, Sluipwijk, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Ann Renshaw (0), Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
- Hendrika Everts Nijboer (0), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
- Dirk Wolter van Nimwegen (37), Batavia, Nederlands India
- Rachel Frederiks Ruysch (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Pieter Dircksz. Box (3), Delft
- Joanna Suys (62), Temse
- Dirk Wolter Van Nimwegen (37), Batavia
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 12, 1750 at Delpher
Born on August 12
- 1644 » Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer († 1704)
- 1686 » John Balguy, English philosopher and author († 1748)
- 1696 » Maurice Greene, English organist and composer († 1755)
- 1762 » George IV of the United Kingdom († 1830)
- 1773 » Karl Faber, Prussian historian and academic († 1853)
- 1774 » Robert Southey, English poet and author († 1843)
- 1831 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian theosophist and scholar († 1891)
- 1852 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus († 1890)
- 1856 » Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist († 1917)
- 1857 » Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter and educator († 1924)
Died on August 12
- 1674 » Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602)
- 1689 » Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
- 1778 » Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (b. 1714)
- 1809 » Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738)
- 1810 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
- 1822 » Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1769)
- 1827 » William Blake, English poet and painter (b. 1757)
- 1829 » Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (b. 1760)
- 1848 » George Stephenson, English engineer and academic (b. 1781)
- 1849 » Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
Names that were popular for boys in 1750
Names that were popular for girls in 1750
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1750
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- November 11 » Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
- November 11 » The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
- November 24 » Tarabai, regent of the Maratha Empire, imprisons Rajaram II of Satara for refusing to remove Balaji Baji Rao from the post of peshwa.
Weather August 12, 1750
The temperature on August 12, 1750 was about 18.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken regen.