Historical Events In May - 12

1689  England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg on May - 12.   

1695  English king Willem III departs to Netherlands on this day in history.   

1700  On May - 12 luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

1701  Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701) on this day in history.   

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  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on May - 12.   

1751  On this day in history gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer on May - 12.   

1776  On May - 12 turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns   

1776  On May - 12 juan Bros y Bertomel, composer   

1777  On May - 12 the first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)   

1777  On this day in history 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)   

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

1780  On May - 12 british troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina   

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 this day in history.   

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

1792  Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

1803  On May - 12 justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

1804  Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) on May - 12.   

1806  Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 on May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1814  Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1820  On May - 12 the birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing   

1820  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) on May - 12.   

1821  On this day in history the first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.   

1825  Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75 on May - 12.   

1828  The birth of Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet on May - 12.   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

1590  On this day in history birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

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

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

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