Historical Events In May - 12

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

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

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 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 May - 12.   

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

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer on this day in history.   

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

1777  On May - 12 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)   

1780  On this day in history charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War)   

1780  On this day in history british troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina   

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

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

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

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

1797  On this day in history 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 May - 12.   

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

1811  Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1812  On May - 12 edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)   

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin on May - 12.   

1814  On May - 12 robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83   

1820  The birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing on May - 12.   

1820  On this day in history florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

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  On May - 12 the birth of Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet   

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1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.   

1590  On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 12.   

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.   

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on May - 12.   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

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

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

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered