Historical Events In May - 12

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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1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.   

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on this day in history.   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.   

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.   

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.   

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.   

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered