Page 3: Historical Events In April - 07
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
1826 Johann Hermann Berens, composer. 

1827 Matches go on sale for the inaugural time, produced by John Walker in Stockton, England. 

1827 English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches. 

1831 Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil 

1833 Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Lithuanian/Polish composer, dies at 57. 

1841 Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanicus. 

1842 Henrik A Bjerregaard, Norw writer/poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at 50 

1847 J P Jacobsen, writer. 

1850 William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets), dies at 87 

1851 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer 

1858 Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch socialist politician (SDAP) 

1858 Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76. 

1859 Walter Camp, Ct, father of American football (Yale) 

1860 Grand duke Frederik I liberalizes laws in Bathe. 

1862 Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn. 

1862 H P Tuttle discovers asteroid #73 Klytia 

1862 Island #10 falls after long siege, Battle of Shiloh. 

1862 Grant defeats Confederates at Battle of Shiloh, Tenn, Island #10 falls 

1862 Sydney Nelson, composer, dies at 62. 

1863 Battle of Charleston SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter. 

1864 The inaugural camel race in America was held in Sacramento, California. 

1865 Battle of Farmville VA 

1868 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation is assassinated by the Irish, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician. 

1869 David Grandison Fairchild, US, botanist/explorer, brought plants to US 

1870 Gustav Landauer, German socialist. 

1871 Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old 

1872 William Monroe Trotter, famous African. 

1875 Georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57 

1877 Errico Petrella, composer, dies at 63. 

1878 C M M Hathorn, cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06). 

1880 V Knorre discovers asteroid #215 Oenone 

1880 Diederich Krug, composer, dies at 58. 

1881 Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65 

1882 Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger, cricketer (belated Australian rep 1928-33). 

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