Page 2: Historical Events In May - 12

1689  England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg on this day in history.   

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  Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague on this day in history.   

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

1739  On May - 12 jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

1751  On this day in history gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer on May - 12.   

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

1776  On this day in history juan Bros y Bertomel, composer   

1777  The first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette) on May - 12.   

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

1780  Charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War) on May - 12.   

1780  On May - 12 british troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina   

1789  Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers on this day in history.   

1789  On May - 12 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 May - 12.   

1792  Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented on May - 12.   

1796  On this day in history johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75   

1797  On this day in history first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.   

1797  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on May - 12.   

1803  On this day in history justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

1804  On May - 12 robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)   

1806  On May - 12 amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877   

1811  On this day in history louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52   

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

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin on May - 12.   

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

1820  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history elias Mann, composer, dies at 75   

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  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  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 12.   

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

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

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

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

1382  On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on this day in history.   

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

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

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