Page 2: Historical Events In May - 12

1689  England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg on this day in history.   

1695  On this day in history english king Willem III departs to Netherlands   

1700  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect on May - 12.   

1701  On May - 12 drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)   

1733  Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague on May - 12.   

1737  Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1739  On May - 12 jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer on this day in history.   

1754  On May - 12 franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer   

1776  Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns on May - 12.   

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer on May - 12.   

1777  On this day in history the first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)   

1777  1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette) on May - 12.   

1780  On this day in history charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War)   

1780  British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina on May - 12.   

1789  Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers on this day in history.   

1789  Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses on May - 12.   

1790  On May - 12 [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer   

1792  Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented on May - 12.   

1796  Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1797  First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice on May - 12.   

1797  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on May - 12.   

1803  On this day in history justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

1804  On this day in history robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)   

1806  On May - 12 amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877   

1811  On this day in history louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52   

1812  On this day in history edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)   

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin on May - 12.   

1814  On May - 12 robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83   

1820  On this day in history the birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing   

1820  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) on this day in history.   

1821  On May - 12 the first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.   

1825  On this day in history elias Mann, composer, dies at 75   

1828  On this day in history the birth of Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet   

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1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.   

1590  On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  On May - 12 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

1662  On this day in history birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.   

0912  On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.   

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.   

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.