Page 2: Historical Events In April - 12

1713  Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom on April - 12.   

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

1722  On April - 12 pietro Nardini, composer   

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

1727  Gaspare Gabellone, composer on April - 12.   

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

1760  On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer   

1760  On April - 12 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1770  On April - 12 townsend Acts repealed   

1776  On this day in history halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina   

1777  On this day in history henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician   

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

1787  On this day in history philadelphia's Free African Society forms   

1788  Johann Erik Nordblom, composer on April - 12.   

1788  On April - 12 carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56   

1791  On this day in history 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  On April - 12 germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)   

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on April - 12.   

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  On April - 12 first US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA   

1811  On this day in history 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 April - 12.   

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  On this day in history edward Mollenhauer, composer   

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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  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  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 April - 12 death of gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle)   

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

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

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on this day in history.   

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

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on April - 12.   

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