Historical Events In May - 12
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
1689 England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg on May - 12.
1695 English king Willem III departs to Netherlands on May - 12.
1700 Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect on this day in history.
1701 Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701) on May - 12.
1733 On May - 12 maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague
1737 On May - 12 cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83
1739 On May - 12 jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer
1751 Gaetano Manna, composer on this day in history.
1754 On May - 12 franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer
1776 Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns on May - 12.
1776 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer on this day in history.
1777 The first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette) on this day in history.
1777 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette) on this day in history.
1780 On this day in history charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War)
1780 British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina on May - 12.
1789 On May - 12 society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers
1789 Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses on May - 12.
1790 On this day in history [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer
1792 Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75
1797 On this day in history first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
1797 Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on May - 12.
1803 Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) on this day in history.
1804 On May - 12 robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)
1806 Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 on this day in history.
1811 On this day in history louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52
1812 On May - 12 edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
1813 Johann Czerski, German chaplin on May - 12.
1814 On May - 12 robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83
1820 The birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing on this day in history.
1820 Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) on this day in history.
1821 The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi on this day in history.
1825 Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75 on May - 12.
1828 On May - 12 the birth of Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet
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