Historical Events In April - 12

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

1716  Felice de' Giardini, composer on April - 12.   

1722  On April - 12 pietro Nardini, composer   

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

1727  On this day in history gaspare Gabellone, composer   

1748  On April - 12 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 this day in history.   

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

1769  Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer on April - 12.   

1770  On April - 12 townsend Acts repealed   

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

1777  Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician on this day in history.   

1782  Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French on April - 12.   

1787  Philadelphia's Free African Society forms on this day in history.   

1788  Johann Erik Nordblom, composer on April - 12.   

1788  Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on April - 12.   

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  On this day in history francois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart)   

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

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

1815  On April - 12 henry Hugo Pierson, composer   

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  The birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright on April - 12.   

1823  On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers)   

1826  Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London on April - 12.   

1827  Edward Mollenhauer, composer on this day in history.   

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

1484  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on this day in history.   

1500  On this day in history birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist   

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

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on April - 12.   

1577  Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) was born on April - 12.   

1579  On this day in history birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France   

1626  On April - 12 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  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on this day in history.   

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

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1443  On April - 12 death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1550  On this day in history claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53   

1555  Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 on April - 12.