Historical Events In April - 12

1713  On April - 12 dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom   

1716  On this day in history felice de' Giardini, composer   

1722  On this day in history pietro Nardini, composer   

1724  Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence) on April - 12.   

1727  Gaspare Gabellone, composer on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history william Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies   

1760  On April - 12 juan Manuel Olivares, composer   

1760  On April - 12 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64   

1764  On April - 12 dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland   

1769  Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer on this day in history.   

1770  Townsend Acts repealed on April - 12.   

1776  Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina on this day in history.   

1777  Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician on April - 12.   

1782  On April - 12 battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French   

1787  Philadelphia's Free African Society forms on April - 12.   

1788  Johann Erik Nordblom, composer on April - 12.   

1788  On this day in history carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56   

1791  Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) on April - 12.   

1792  On this day in history john George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham)   

1793  On this day in history ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary   

1794  On this day in history germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)   

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1797  On this day in history josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71   

1801  Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader on April - 12.   

1802  Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart) on April - 12.   

1811  On this day in history first US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA   

1811  On this day in history 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA   

1815  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer on April - 12.   

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on April - 12.   

1820  Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece on this day in history.   

1823  The birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright on this day in history.   

1823  Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers) on this day in history.   

1826  On April - 12 weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London   

1827  On this day in history edward Mollenhauer, composer   

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0812  Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835) was born on April - 12.   

1484  On April - 12 birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)   

1500  On this day in history birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist   

1526  On this day in history birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)   

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

1577  Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) was born on April - 12.   

1579  On April - 12 birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France   

1626  Paul Hainlein, composer was born on April - 12.   

0065  On April - 12 death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist   

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on April - 12.   

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on April - 12.   

0434  On April - 12 death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on April - 12.   

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1550  On April - 12 claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53   

1555  On this day in history johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75