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 this day in history 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 April - 12.   

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  Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer on April - 12.   

1770  On this day in history townsend Acts repealed   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  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 this day in history.   

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

1793  Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary on April - 12.   

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  Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1801  Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader on April - 12.   

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  1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA on this day in history.   

1815  On April - 12 henry Hugo Pierson, composer   

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on April - 12.   

1820  On this day in history alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.   

1823  The birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On April - 12 julius I, pope (337-52), dies   

0434  On April - 12 death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on April - 12.   

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1550  On this day in history claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53   

1555  On April - 12 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75