Historical Events In April - 12

1713  Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom on this day in history.  

1716  Felice de' Giardini, composer on this day in history.  

1722  Pietro Nardini, composer on this day in history.  

1724  On this day in history lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence)  

1727  On April - 12 gaspare Gabellone, composer  

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

1760  Juan Manuel Olivares, composer on this day in history.  

1760  On this day in history baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64  

1764  On this day in history dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland  

1769  Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer on this day in history.  

1770  On April - 12 townsend Acts repealed  

1776  Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina on this day in history.  

1777  On April - 12 henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician  

1782  On this day in history battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French  

1787  On April - 12 philadelphia's Free African Society forms  

1788  On April - 12 johann Erik Nordblom, composer  

1788  Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 on April - 12.  

1791  Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) on April - 12.  

1792  John George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham) on April - 12.  

1793  Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary on April - 12.  

1794  On April - 12 germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)  

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1797  On this day in history josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71  

1801  On April - 12 henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader  

1802  Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart) on this day in history.  

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

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

1815  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer on April - 12.  

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on this day in history.  

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

1823  The birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright on this day in history.  

1823  On April - 12 aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers)  

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

1827  Edward Mollenhauer, composer on this day in history.  

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0812  Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835) was born on April - 12.  

1484  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on April - 12.  

1500  On April - 12 birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist  

1526  Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.  

1550  On April - 12 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  On April - 12 birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France  

1626  On this day in history birth of paul Hainlein, composer  

0065  On this day in history death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist  

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on this day in history.  

0352  On this day in history julius I, pope (337-52), dies  

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on this day in history.  

1125  On this day in history death of vladislaus I of Bohemia  

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

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

1555  Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 on this day in history.