Historical Events In November - 12

1775  On November - 12 general Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks   

1790  On this day in history letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler   

1793  On this day in history jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.   

1802  On this day in history charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62   

1813  On November - 12 allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth   

1815  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown NY, suffragist (80 Years & More) on this day in history.   

1817  On November - 12 carlo Pedrotti, composer   

1823  On this day in history great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens   

1823  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75 on November - 12.   

1827  Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer on this day in history.   

1831  Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist on November - 12.   

1833  Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable) on November - 12.   

1840  The birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor on this day in history.   

1840  Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker) on November - 12.   

1841  John W Rayleigh, England, physicist (Nobel 1904)/Cambridge (1908-14) on this day in history.   

1844  On November - 12 octave Fouque, composer   

1847  On November - 12 sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic.   

1852  On this day in history georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22   

1853  On November - 12 oskar Panizza, writer   

1858  Alexis Contant, composer on November - 12.   

1859  On November - 12 jules Leotard performs first Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name   

1859  Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name on this day in history.   

1865  Frans L M "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas) on this day in history.   

1866  On November - 12 sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional)   

1867  On this day in history mt. Vesuvius erupts.   

1869  On November - 12 gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies   

1873  Bay District Race Track opens on November - 12.   

1880  Mines explosion at Stellerton Nova Scotia in the Foord Pit kills 50 on November - 12.   

1885  On November - 12 montreal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game   

1886  On this day in history l G Kortenhorst, politician   

1889  DeWitt Wallace, St Paul Minn, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921) on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history allegheny Athletic Association beats Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0 in football   

1892  Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes first pro football player on this day in history.   

1892  Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player on November - 12.   

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1493  Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) was born on November - 12.   

1528  On November - 12 birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)   

1547  On this day in history birth of claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)   

1606  On November - 12 birth of jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)   

1615  On November - 12 birth of richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)   

1651  Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) was born on November - 12.   

1676  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on this day in history.   

1729  Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811) was born on November - 12.   

0607  On this day in history boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies   

1035  On November - 12 canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41   

1094  Death of King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) on November - 12.   

1202  Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1434  Death of King Louis III of Naples on November - 12.   

1555  On November - 12 stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65   

1558  On November - 12 shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies   

1567  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 on November - 12.