Page 2: Historical Events In April - 12

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

1716  On April - 12 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 April - 12.   

1748  William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies on this day in history.   

1760  On April - 12 juan Manuel Olivares, composer   

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1770  On this day in history townsend Acts repealed   

1776  On this day in history 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  On this day in history philadelphia's Free African Society forms   

1788  On this day in history johann Erik Nordblom, composer   

1788  On this day in history carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56   

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

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

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 April - 12.   

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 April - 12.   

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

1815  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer on this day in history.   

1817  On April - 12 charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies   

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

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

1823  Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers) on April - 12.   

1826  On April - 12 weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London   

1827  Edward Mollenhauer, composer on April - 12.   

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0812  Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835) was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 12.   

1526  On this day in history birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)   

1550  On April - 12 birth of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)   

1577  On April - 12 birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on April - 12.   

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

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  On April - 12 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75