Page 2: Historical Events In April - 12

1713  On April - 12 dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom   

1716  Felice de' Giardini, composer on this day in history.   

1722  Pietro Nardini, composer on this day in history.   

1724  Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence) on April - 12.   

1727  On this day in history gaspare Gabellone, composer   

1748  On April - 12 william Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies   

1760  Juan Manuel Olivares, composer on this day in history.   

1760  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on April - 12.   

1764  On April - 12 dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland   

1769  On April - 12 giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer   

1770  Townsend Acts repealed on April - 12.   

1776  Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina on this day in history.   

1777  On this day in history henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician   

1782  Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French on April - 12.   

1787  On this day in history philadelphia's Free African Society forms   

1788  On April - 12 johann Erik Nordblom, composer   

1788  Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1791  Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) on April - 12.   

1792  John George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham) on this day in history.   

1793  Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary on April - 12.   

1794  Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry) on April - 12.   

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1797  Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on April - 12.   

1801  Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader on this day in history.   

1802  Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart) on April - 12.   

1811  First US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA on this day in history.   

1811  1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA on this day in history.   

1815  On April - 12 henry Hugo Pierson, composer   

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on April - 12.   

1820  Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece on April - 12.   

1823  On April - 12 the birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright   

1823  On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers)   

1826  Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1827  On April - 12 edward Mollenhauer, composer   

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0812  On this day in history birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)   

1484  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.   

1500  On April - 12 birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist   

1526  On April - 12 birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)   

1550  On this day in history birth of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)   

1577  Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On April - 12 birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France   

1626  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer   

0065  On April - 12 death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist   

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on this day in history.   

0352  On April - 12 julius I, pope (337-52), dies   

0434  On this day in history death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on April - 12.   

1443  On this day in history death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on April - 12.   

1555  On April - 12 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75