Historical Events In September - 12

1824  Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1829  Anselm Feuerbach, German painter on September - 12.   

1830  On September - 12 william Sprague, governor of Rhode Island (1859-63)   

1836  Grabbe, writer, dies at 34 on September - 12.   

1840  Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck on September - 12.   

1847  On this day in history mexican-American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.   

1848  Switzerland becomes a Federal state on September - 12.   

1852  On September - 12 hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (L, 1908-16)   

1856  Johann Heinrich Beck, composer on this day in history.   

1857  423 die when the ship named "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC on this day in history.   

1857  423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC on this day in history.   

1857  On September - 12 george H Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter/water colors painter   

1858  Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Harpers Ferry VA on this day in history.   

1867  2nd synagogue in Curacao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated on September - 12.   

1871  Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania on September - 12.   

1871  Karl Collan, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1873  On September - 12 sul-To-Wan, [Nellie Conley], US actress (Uncle Tom's Cabin)   

1874  On this day in history 1874 The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded.   

1876  King Leopold II opens Congo-conference on September - 12.   

1876  On this day in history flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel, Pallieter)   

1877  Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre) on September - 12.   

1877  Julius Reitz, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history cleopatra Needle installed in London   

1878  Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 on September - 12.   

1879  Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter on this day in history.   

1879  On this day in history peter Arnold Heise, composer, dies at 49   

1880  Henry L Mencken, Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices) on September - 12.   

1881  Daniel Jones, England phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary) on this day in history.   

1882  Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre de Brazza on September - 12.   

1885  On September - 12 highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set   

1887  George Georgescu, composer on this day in history.   

1888  The birth of Maurice Chevalier, French actor on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter" (BG)   

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1492  Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519) was born on September - 12.   

1494  On September - 12 birth of francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47)   

1494  On this day in history birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)   

1559  Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history birth of henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River)   

1605  On September - 12 birth of william Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)   

1655  On this day in history birth of sebastien de Brossard, composer   

1688  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)   

0352  On September - 12 maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies   

0413  Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint on September - 12.   

1012  On September - 12 guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies   

1015  On this day in history lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65   

1185  Death of Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched on this day in history.   

1213  On this day in history pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle   

1362  Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies on September - 12.   

1369  On September - 12 death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)