Historical Events In May - 12

1689  England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg on May - 12.   

1695  On May - 12 english king Willem III departs to Netherlands   

1700  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect on May - 12.   

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

1733  Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague on May - 12.   

1737  Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on May - 12.   

1751  On this day in history gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer on this day in history.   

1776  Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns on May - 12.   

1776  On May - 12 juan Bros y Bertomel, composer   

1777  On this day in history 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  British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina on this day in history.   

1789  Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers on May - 12.   

1789  On this day in history society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses   

1790  [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer on this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 12 johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

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  Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 on May - 12.   

1811  Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52 on May - 12.   

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

1813  On this day in history johann Czerski, German chaplin   

1814  Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83 on May - 12.   

1820  The birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing on this day in history.   

1820  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) on May - 12.   

1821  On this day in history the first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.   

1825  On May - 12 elias Mann, composer, dies at 75   

1828  The birth of Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet on this day in history.   

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

1496  On May - 12 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 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 May - 12 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  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.   

0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

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

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.   

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

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.