Historical Events In April - 12

1713  On this day in history dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom  

1716  On this day in history felice de' Giardini, composer  

1722  On this day in history pietro Nardini, composer  

1724  Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence) on April - 12.  

1727  Gaspare Gabellone, composer on this day in history.  

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

1760  Juan Manuel Olivares, composer on April - 12.  

1760  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on April - 12.  

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

1769  On this day in history giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer  

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1770  On April - 12 townsend Acts repealed  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  On this day in history 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  On April - 12 francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)  

1792  On April - 12 john George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham)  

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

1794  Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry) on this day in history.  

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

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  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 April - 12.  

1815  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer on April - 12.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  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 April - 12 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 this day in history.  

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on April - 12.  

0434  On this day in history death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople  

1125  On April - 12 death of vladislaus I of Bohemia  

1443  On this day in history death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury  

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

1555  On this day in history johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75