Page 2: 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  Pietro Nardini, composer on this day in history.   

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

1727  On April - 12 gaspare Gabellone, composer   

1748  On April - 12 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  Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland on April - 12.   

1769  On April - 12 giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer   

1770  Townsend Acts repealed on April - 12.   

1776  Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina on this day in history.   

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

1782  On this day in history battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French   

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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader   

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  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 April - 12 the birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright   

1823  Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers) on this day in history.   

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

1827  On this day in history edward Mollenhauer, composer   

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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  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on this day in history.   

1526  Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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 April - 12.   

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

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