Historical Events In July - 12

0526  St Felix IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope on July - 12.  

0783  Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies on this day in history.  

1073  Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies on July - 12.  

1109  On this day in history crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli  

1191  On July - 12 richard Coeur de Lion & Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine  

1290  Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I on this day in history.  

1389  On July - 12 in England, Geoffrey Chaucer is named chief clerk by Richard II  

1429  John [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 on July - 12.  

1442  On July - 12 king Alfonso V of Aragon becomes king of Naples  

1450  On July - 12 jack Cade slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI  

1450  Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI on this day in history.  

1472  On this day in history richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and later King of England, marries Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick, in Westminister Abbey.  

1536  Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies on July - 12.  

1542  On this day in history french troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders  

1543  On July - 12 england's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th & last wife)  

1545  Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies on July - 12.  

1549  On July - 12 english boer army occupies Norwich  

1575  Willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon on July - 12.  

1575  On this day in history renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies  

1580  Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published on this day in history.  

1627  English fleet under George Villiers lands on the Rhe [NS=June 22] on July - 12.  

1630  On this day in history new Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island  

1633  Simon Besler, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1640  On this day in history henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies  

1644  Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals) on this day in history.  

1675  On this day in history evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer  

1679  On this day in history britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act  

1689  On this day in history orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland  

1690  On July - 12 orangeman's yearly celebration (The battle of the Orange) - Actually "Battle of the Boyne" ( 1 July 1690), when Protestant had victory in Ireland  

1690  On July - 12 battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II  

1691  On July - 12 battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II  

1691  Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII on July - 12.  

1693  John Ashby, English admiral on this day in history.  

1700  Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700 on this day in history.  

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1394  Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441) was born on July - 12.  

1644  Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals) was born on this day in history.  

1675  Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer was born on July - 12.  

1730  Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood) was born on this day in history.  

1757  On this day in history birth of christian Danner, composer  

1794  On this day in history birth of heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist  

1801  On July - 12 birth of john Hill Hewitt, composer  

1802  Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer was born on this day in history.  

0783  Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies on this day in history.  

1073  Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies on July - 12.  

1429  John [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1441  On July - 12 death of ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)  

1450  Death of Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI on July - 12.  

1536  On July - 12 desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies  

1545  Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies on this day in history.  

1575  Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies on this day in history.