Historical Events In May - 12

1689  On May - 12 england & Netherlands form League of Augsburg   

1695  English king Willem III departs to Netherlands on May - 12.   

1700  On this day in history luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

1701  Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701) on this day in history.   

1733  On this day in history maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague   

1737  On May - 12 cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83   

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on May - 12.   

1751  On May - 12 gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer on May - 12.   

1776  Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns on this day in history.   

1776  On May - 12 juan Bros y Bertomel, composer   

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 May - 12.   

1780  Charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War) on this day in history.   

1780  On May - 12 british troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina   

1789  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

1796  Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75 on May - 12.   

1797  First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice on this day in history.   

1797  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on May - 12.   

1803  Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) on May - 12.   

1804  Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) on this day in history.   

1806  On May - 12 amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877   

1811  On this day in history louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52   

1812  On this day in history edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)   

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin on May - 12.   

1814  On this day in history robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83   

1820  On this day in history the birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing   

1820  On this day in history florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

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  The birth of Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history.   

1622  On May - 12 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

1382  On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.   

1634  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

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

1649  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered