Page 2: Historical Events In April - 12

1713  Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom on this day in history.   

1716  On April - 12 felice de' Giardini, composer   

1722  Pietro Nardini, composer on April - 12.   

1724  On this day in history lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence)   

1727  Gaspare Gabellone, composer on April - 12.   

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

1769  On April - 12 giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer   

1770  On April - 12 townsend Acts repealed   

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

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

1782  On April - 12 battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French   

1787  On April - 12 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  Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) on April - 12.   

1792  John George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham) on April - 12.   

1793  On April - 12 ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary   

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

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1797  On April - 12 josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71   

1801  On this day in history 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 April - 12.   

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

1815  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer on April - 12.   

1817  On this day in history charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies   

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

1826  Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London on April - 12.   

1827  Edward Mollenhauer, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1626  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer   

0065  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on this day in history.   

0238  On April - 12 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  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on April - 12.   

1125  On April - 12 death of vladislaus I of Bohemia   

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 12.   

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