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  Pietro Nardini, composer on this day in history.   

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

1727  On this day in history gaspare Gabellone, composer   

1748  William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies on April - 12.   

1760  On April - 12 juan Manuel Olivares, composer   

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

1764  Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland on April - 12.   

1769  On April - 12 giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer   

1770  On this day in history townsend Acts repealed   

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

1777  Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician on April - 12.   

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

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

1788  On this day in history johann Erik Nordblom, composer   

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

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

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

1793  Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary on this day in history.   

1794  On this day in history germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)   

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

1797  On April - 12 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 this day in history.   

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

1815  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer on April - 12.   

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

1820  On April - 12 alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.   

1823  On April - 12 the birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright   

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

1826  On this day in history weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London   

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

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on April - 12.   

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

1579  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on April - 12.   

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

0065  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on April - 12.   

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

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

1550  On April - 12 claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53   

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