Historical Events In July - 12

0526  On July - 12 st Felix IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0783  On this day in history bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies  

1073  Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1109  On July - 12 crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli  

1191  Richard Coeur de Lion & Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine on July - 12.  

1290  On July - 12 jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I  

1389  In England, Geoffrey Chaucer is named chief clerk by Richard II on July - 12.  

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

1442  On this day in history king Alfonso V of Aragon becomes king of Naples  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1542  On July - 12 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 this day in history english boer army occupies Norwich  

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

1575  On July - 12 renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies  

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

1627  On this day in history english fleet under George Villiers lands on the Rhe [NS=June 22]  

1630  On July - 12 new Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island  

1633  On July - 12 simon Besler, composer, dies at 49  

1640  Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies on this day in history.  

1644  Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals) on July - 12.  

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

1679  Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act on July - 12.  

1689  Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland on this day in history.  

1690  On this day in history 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  Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II on July - 12.  

1691  Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII on this day in history.  

1693  On this day in history john Ashby, English admiral  

1700  On July - 12 gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700  

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

1644  On this day in history birth of arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals)  

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

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  Heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist was born on July - 12.  

1801  John Hill Hewitt, composer was born on July - 12.  

1802  On this day in history birth of charles-Louis Hanssens, composer  

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

1073  On July - 12 johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies  

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

1441  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)  

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

1536  Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies on this day in history.  

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

1575  Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies on July - 12.