Page 2: Historical Events In April - 12

1713  On April - 12 dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom   

1716  On this day in history felice de' Giardini, composer   

1722  On April - 12 pietro Nardini, composer   

1724  Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence) on April - 12.   

1727  Gaspare Gabellone, composer on this day in history.   

1748  On this day in history william Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies   

1760  Juan Manuel Olivares, composer on April - 12.   

1760  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on April - 12.   

1764  Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland on this day in history.   

1769  Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer on April - 12.   

1770  Townsend Acts repealed on this day in history.   

1776  On April - 12 halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina   

1777  On this day in history henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician   

1782  Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French on this day in history.   

1787  Philadelphia's Free African Society forms on April - 12.   

1788  Johann Erik Nordblom, composer on April - 12.   

1788  On April - 12 carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56   

1791  Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) on this day in history.   

1792  John George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham) on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary   

1794  Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry) on April - 12.   

1795  On April - 12 rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80   

1797  Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1801  Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader on April - 12.   

1802  On April - 12 francois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart)   

1811  First US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA   

1815  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer on April - 12.   

1817  On this day in history charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies   

1820  Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history the birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright   

1823  Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers) on this day in history.   

1826  Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London on this day in history.   

1827  Edward Mollenhauer, composer on April - 12.   

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0812  On this day in history birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)   

1484  On April - 12 birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)   

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on this day in history.   

1526  On April - 12 birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)   

1550  On this day in history birth of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)   

1577  On this day in history birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)   

1579  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on this day in history.   

1626  Paul Hainlein, composer was born on April - 12.   

0065  On April - 12 death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist   

0238  On this day in history death of gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle)   

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on this day in history.   

0434  On this day in history death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

1125  On April - 12 death of vladislaus I of Bohemia   

1443  On this day in history death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1555  On this day in history johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75