Historical Events In July - 12

0526  St Felix IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0783  On July - 12 bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies  

1073  On this day in history johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies  

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

1191  On this day in history richard Coeur de Lion & Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine  

1290  Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I on July - 12.  

1389  In England, Geoffrey Chaucer is named chief clerk by Richard II on this day in history.  

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

1442  King Alfonso V of Aragon becomes king of Naples on this day in history.  

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

1450  On this day in history jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI  

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

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  On this day in history maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies  

1549  On July - 12 english boer army occupies Norwich  

1575  On this day in history willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon  

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

1580  On July - 12 ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published.  

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

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  Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies on July - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II on July - 12.  

1691  On this day in history battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II  

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

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

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  Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer was born on this day in history.  

1730  On this day in history birth of josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood)  

1757  Christian Danner, composer was born on July - 12.  

1794  On July - 12 birth of heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist  

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

1802  On July - 12 birth of charles-Louis Hanssens, composer  

0783  Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies on July - 12.  

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

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

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

1450  On this day in history death of jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI  

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

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

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