Historical Events In October - 12

1878  Karl Buresch, Austria politician on this day in history.   

1879  British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan on October - 12.   

1880  Healey Willan, composer on this day in history.   

1881  On October - 12 henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch   

1881  On October - 12 carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer   

1882  Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer on October - 12.   

1884  On this day in history godfrey Tearle, English/US actor (39 Steps)   

1886  On this day in history hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas   

1886  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Second Stain" (BG)   

1886  On this day in history hurricane & sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas   

1886  Karl Dane, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Son of the Sheik) on October - 12.   

1890  Luis de Freitas Branco, composer on this day in history.   

1891  Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history edith Stein, German philosopher   

1892  On October - 12 pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools   

1893  On this day in history pall Isolfsson, composer   

1894  On this day in history charles Hodge, Calif, NYU professor (Answers for Americans)   

1896  Eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975) on this day in history.   

1898  On October - 12 establishment of the first town council in Mateur.   

1899  South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House"   

1902  On this day in history dirk A M Binnendijk, critic (Authoritarian Regimes in Transistion)   

1903  Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC on October - 12.   

1903  Grayson Kirk, Jeffersonville Ohio, educator on October - 12.   

1905  On October - 12 rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher   

1906  On October - 12 edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer   

1907  Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series on this day in history.   

1907  On October - 12 wolfgang Fortner, composer   

1908  On this day in history ann Lane Petry, US journalist/author (Street)   

1909  On October - 12 josephine Hutchinson, Seattle WA, actress (Story of Louis Pasteur)   

1911  Louis M de Guiringaud, French foreign minister (1976-78) on October - 12.   

1913  On October - 12 john McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw & is fired   

1913  William James Moyce, armaments scientist on October - 12.   

1914  On this day in history 1st battle at Ypres, begins   

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on this day in history.   

1350  On October - 12 birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on this day in history.   

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  On this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  On this day in history birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

1558  On this day in history birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  On October - 12 birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)   

0632  On October - 12 death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda   

0638  On October - 12 honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies   

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on this day in history.   

1093  Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62 on October - 12.   

1095  On October - 12 death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

1176  Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on October - 12.   

1320  Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies on October - 12.   

1343  Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on this day in history.