Historical Events In April - 12

1713  Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom on April - 12.  

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

1722  On this day in history pietro Nardini, composer  

1724  On April - 12 lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence)  

1727  On this day in history gaspare Gabellone, composer  

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

1760  On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer  

1760  On April - 12 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64  

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

1769  On this day in history giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer  

1770  Townsend Acts repealed on this day in history.  

1776  Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina on April - 12.  

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

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

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

1788  On this day in history johann Erik Nordblom, composer  

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

1791  On April - 12 francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)  

1792  On this day in history john George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham)  

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

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

1795  On this day in history rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80  

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

1801  Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader on this day in history.  

1802  Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart) on April - 12.  

1811  First US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA on April - 12.  

1811  On April - 12 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA  

1815  On this day in history henry Hugo Pierson, composer  

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on April - 12.  

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  On this day in history weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London  

1827  On this day in history edward Mollenhauer, composer  

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0812  On April - 12 birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)  

1484  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history birth of paul Hainlein, composer  

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

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on April - 12.  

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  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 April - 12.  

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