Historical Events In July - 12

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

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  Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli on July - 12.  

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

1290  On this day in history jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I  

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

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 July - 12.  

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

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

1472  Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and later King of England, marries Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick, in Westminister Abbey on July - 12.  

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

1542  French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1640  On July - 12 henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies  

1644  On July - 12 arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals)  

1675  On July - 12 evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer  

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

1689  On July - 12 orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland  

1690  Orangeman's yearly celebration (The battle of the Orange) - Actually "Battle of the Boyne" ( 1 July 1690), when Protestant had victory in Ireland on this day in history.  

1690  On this day in history 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  On July - 12 john Ashby, English admiral  

1700  On this day in history gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700  

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1394  Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441) was born on this day in history.  

1644  On July - 12 birth of arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals)  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 July - 12.  

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

1545  On this day in history maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies  

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