August 12

It is the peak of the. It is also known as the "" in the, as it marks the traditional start of the shooting season.

Events

 * - the, in which defeated an invading army of , may have been fought on this date in the  - see also.
 * - commits suicide after her defeat and Mark Antony's defeat at the battle of Actium.
 * - : - Crusaders under the command of  defeat  forces under . Considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.
 * - : The army under King  won a decisive victory over the famous  commander.
 * - : defeats the r armies of the  and the.
 * - The fleet of is destroyed by a typhoon while approaching.
 * - -  and   regulates the border for the first time.
 * - : - Scots under  routed by.
 * - - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam.
 * - First act of the between  and  fleets.
 * -  shot and killed  the  war chief, ending.
 * - defeats the  at the.
 * - The Rhône department was created when the former département of was split into two departments: Rhône and  (Lêre).
 * - re-takes the city of  after the.
 * - was founded.
 * - granted a patent for his.
 * - discovers.
 * - The last dies at the  in.
 * - Armistice ends the.
 * 1898  - The  is lowered from  in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the American flag to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the  to the.
 * - First  built.
 * - - Britain declares war on ; British Empire countries automatically included.
 * - The first cast of, drawn from The Masquers of Fairmont College, , was initiated.
 * - Alleged date of the first test on  ship.
 * - troops massacre more than 500 civil people in.
 * 1944  -  liberated by, the first city in France to be liberated from the  by the Allied forces.
 * - The - Thirteen most prominent Jewish intellectuals were murdered in Moscow.
 * - : The proceeded with the detonation of , the first.
 * - , the first, launched
 * - is banned from the  due to its racist policy.
 * 1964  -, one of the  escapes from  in ,.
 * -, Catholic community of engage in two-day battle with the
 * - The last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam.
 * - The first free flight of the.
 * - and the  sign the.
 * - Signing of the, which established the.
 * - Release of the PC or
 * - announces it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spread to all of  and the.
 * -, a jumbo jet, crashes into Mount Ogura in , , killing 520 in the world's worst single-plane air disaster. Four people miraculously survive.
 * - ', the most complete of a ', is discovered near,.
 * - Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the (NAFTA).
 * - players go on . The work stoppage forces the cancellation of the.
 * - Swiss banks agree to pay $1.25 billion as restitution to survivors to settle claims for their assets.
 * - The  of the   in the  during a.
 * - Gov.  comes out publicly as a gay man.
 * - 's foreign minister,, is fatally shot by a sniper at his home.
 * 2005  - An F2 tornado strikes the coal mining town of, destroying nearly 100 homes and killing two people.
 * 2005  -  provoked in the
 * 2005  - An F1  strikes, a rare event on
 * -  collides with  Torm Gertrud at the southernmost tip of, ending up partially submerged.

Births

 * - (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Japanese shogun (d. )
 * - Tsar (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Bohemian composer (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, English philosopher (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, German actor (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, English poet and biographer (d. )
 * -, American financier (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, Spanish writer, (d. )
 * -, German classicist (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, British author (d. )
 * 1880  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American director (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, French physicist (d. )
 * 1885  -, American actress (d. )
 * - Sir, Australian journalist and newspaper owner (d. )
 * -, Austrian physicist, (d. )
 * -, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Vice President of Indonesia 1945-1956 (d. )
 * -, only son of (d. )
 * -, Australian-born tennis player and coach (d. )
 * 1906  -, American animator (d. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (d. )
 * -, American director
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1910  -, first President of Singapore (d. )
 * -, Mexican actor (d. )
 * -, American film director (d. )
 * -, German philosopher (d. )
 * 1914  -, Canadian pianist and composer  (d. )
 * -, British aviator, awarded (d. )
 * -, Indian physicist (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * 1924  -, leader of Pakistan (d. )
 * -, Scottish co-founder of the (d. )
 * 1925  -, Scottish co-founder of the  (d. )
 * 1925  -, American scientist  (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1926  -, American R&B singer (d. )
 * 1926  -, American writer (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Australian artist
 * 1928  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * 1928  -, film and television producer and director
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * - American businessman
 * 1930  -, Belgian mathematician
 * -, American screenwriter
 * -, American game show announcer
 * 1932  -  HM Queen Sirikit of Thailand
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, Italian-American actor (d. )
 * -, African-American author
 * -, Canadian Mayor of Quebec
 * -, American actor
 * 1939  -, Canadian politician
 * 1939  -, American politician
 * -, Quebec novelist and playwright
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, German tenor
 * -, American musician
 * 1947  -, American sportscaster
 * -, British guitarist (Dire Straits)
 * -, American actor and writer
 * -, American murderer and rapist
 * -, Chinese film director
 * -, American actor
 * 1954  -, American guitarist
 * -, American author
 * 1955  -, American retired professional wrestler
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, French cyclist
 * -, British guitarist and keyboardist
 * 1961  -, English musician
 * -, American psychic
 * -, American rapper
 * -, American actor
 * -, Dutch boxer
 * 1967  -, Russian race walker
 * 1967  -, Hong Kong actor and singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American novelist
 * 1970  -, baseball coach
 * 1970  -, British actor
 * -, American comedian
 * 1971  -, American actress
 * 1971  -, American tennis player
 * -, Irish footballer
 * 1972  -, Sumo 
 * -, Spanish cyclist
 * 1973  -, American professional wrestler and executive
 * 1973  -, American ice hockey player
 * 1973  -
 * 1973  -, American actress
 * 1973  -  - son of
 * 1973  -, American voice actress
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actor
 * 1975  -, American actor
 * -, Finnish guitarist
 * 1976  -, American basketball player
 * 1976  -, American musician
 * 1976  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1976  -, English children's television presenter
 * -, American football player
 * 1977  -, Danish footballer
 * 1977  -, South Korean actor and singer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1978  -, American football player
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1979  -, Canadian speed skater
 * -, American actress
 * 1980  -, American actress
 * 1980  -, Canadian-born musician
 * 1980  -, American singer/songwriter
 * -, French footballer
 * -, Greek footballer
 * -, American actress

Deaths

 * - (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Greek philosopher (b. )
 * 1484  -  (b. )
 * -, Italian philosopher (b. )
 * -, English diplomat and scholar (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, Italian composer
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, German writer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, British general and politician (b. )
 * -, Russian field marshal (b. )
 * -, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. )
 * -, English politician and statesman (b. )
 * -, English poet and artist (b. )
 * -, British locomotive designer (b. )
 * -, American editor and critic (b. )
 * -, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. )
 * -, Japanese reformer (b. )
 * -, English botanist (b. )
 * -, American poet and essayist (b. )
 * -, officer of the 20th Maine at the
 * -, Austrian chess player (b. )
 * -, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. )
 * -, Irish submarine designer (b. )
 * -, Polish-born actress and singer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Czech composer (b. )
 * -, Dutch architect (b. )
 * -, German mathematician (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, English inventor (b. )
 * -, Yiddish language writer (b. )
 * -, German writer, (b. )
 * 1955  -, American chemist,  (b. )
 * -, Irish-born American baseball player (b. )
 * -, English novelist (b. )


 * -, Amarican novelist (b. )
 * -, Swiss physiologist, (b. )
 * 1973  -, German chemist,  (b. )
 * -, German-born biochemist, (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 1982  -, Mexican boxer (b. )
 * 1982  -, Russian writer (b. )
 * -, Japanese singer (plane crash) (b. )
 * 1985  -, German race car driver (b. )
 * -, Haitian-American artist (b. )
 * 1988  -, religious Guru from India (b. )
 * -, American physicist, (b. )
 * 1989  -, Nigerian footballer (b. )
 * -, American cartoonist (b. )
 * 1990  -, British-born American actress (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, French Canadian actor and theatrical director (b. )
 * -, American comic book writer and editor (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * - Sir, English electrical engineer and inventor, (b. )
 * 2004  -, British actor (b. )
 * -, co-founder of the anarcho-punk band (b. )
 * -, American television host and game show creator (b. )
 * 2007  -, American comic book artist (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - (since )
 * at the
 * - The Birthday,
 * , deacon, martyr [Cologne, Paderborn, Trier]
 * Saint Muredach,
 * Saint Hilaria and companions, martyrs [Augsburg]
 * Saint
 * Saint