Historical Events In April - 12

1713  Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom on April - 12.   

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

1722  Pietro Nardini, composer on April - 12.   

1724  On April - 12 lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence)   

1727  On April - 12 gaspare Gabellone, composer   

1748  On this day in history william Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies   

1760  Juan Manuel Olivares, composer on April - 12.   

1760  On this day in history baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64   

1764  Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland on this day in history.   

1769  Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer on this day in history.   

1770  On April - 12 townsend Acts repealed   

1776  Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina on April - 12.   

1777  On April - 12 henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician   

1782  On April - 12 battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French   

1787  On April - 12 philadelphia's Free African Society forms   

1788  On this day in history johann Erik Nordblom, composer   

1788  Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 on April - 12.   

1791  On this day in history francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)   

1792  John George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham) on April - 12.   

1793  Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary on this day in history.   

1794  Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry) on this day in history.   

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on April - 12.   

1797  On this day in history josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71   

1801  Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader on April - 12.   

1802  On April - 12 francois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart)   

1811  First US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA on April - 12.   

1811  On April - 12 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA   

1815  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1823  The birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright on April - 12.   

1823  Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers) on April - 12.   

1826  Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London on April - 12.   

1827  Edward Mollenhauer, composer on April - 12.   

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0812  Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835) was born on April - 12.   

1484  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on April - 12.   

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on April - 12.   

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

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

1577  Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) was born on April - 12.   

1579  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on this day in history.   

1626  Paul Hainlein, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history julius I, pope (337-52), dies   

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on this day in history.   

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 12.   

1550  On April - 12 claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53   

1555  Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 on this day in history.