Historical Events In October - 12

1654  On this day in history dirck Graswinckel, Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66   

1659  English Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals on October - 12.   

1672  Frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle on this day in history.   

1685  Geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59 on October - 12.   

1686  On this day in history silvius Leopold Weiss, composer   

1692  On this day in history massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials   

1692  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1694  On this day in history matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies   

1702  Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch & English fleet destroy & occupy Spanish silver fleet & French squadron on this day in history.   

1711  On October - 12 karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor   

1729  On this day in history willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Gelderland   

1730  On October - 12 christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark   

1730  On October - 12 frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies   

1742  Johan Peter Melchior, German sculptor on October - 12.   

1759  Frantisek Vaclav Tomes, composer on October - 12.   

1762  On October - 12 john W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape colony/Dutch-Indies 1811   

1763  On October - 12 john Ross, composer   

1773  America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia on October - 12.   

1775  On October - 12 uS Navy forms   

1776  On this day in history british Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in the Bronx   

1776  British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx on October - 12.   

1791  A L Karschin, writer, dies at 68 on October - 12.   

1792  On this day in history columbus Day is 1st celebrated   

1794  On this day in history james Lyon, composer, dies at 59   

1797  Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1798  Flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg on October - 12.   

1798  On this day in history a J Pedro I van Alcantara, Kaiser of Brazil (1822-31)/king of Portugal   

1807  On October - 12 john Tideman, Dutch Remonstrant theologist   

1808  John Liptrot Hatton, composer on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history first Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.   

1813  Lyman Trumbull, MC (Union) died in 1896 on October - 12.   

1815  Ex-king Joachim Murat van Naples sentenced to death on October - 12.   

1815  William Joseph Hardee, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1873 on October - 12.   

1817  On October - 12 johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66   

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

1350  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on this day in history.   

1558  On October - 12 birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on October - 12.   

1576  On this day in history birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)   

0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on this day in history.   

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

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on October - 12.   

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

1095  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

1176  On October - 12 death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician   

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.