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  On May - 12 drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)   

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

1737  Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83 on May - 12.   

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on this day in history.   

1751  On this day in history gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  On May - 12 franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer   

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

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer on this day in history.   

1777  On May - 12 the first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)   

1777  On this day in history 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)   

1780  On this day in history charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War)   

1780  On this day in history 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 May - 12 [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer   

1792  On May - 12 toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented   

1796  Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1797  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on May - 12.   

1803  On May - 12 justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

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  On May - 12 the birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing   

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 May - 12.   

1825  Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1828  On May - 12 the birth of Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

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

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.   

1662  On this day in history birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

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 May - 12.   

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on May - 12.   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

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

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

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