Page 2: Historical Events In May - 12

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

1695  English king Willem III departs to Netherlands on May - 12.   

1700  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83   

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on May - 12.   

1751  On this day in history gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  On May - 12 franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer   

1776  On this day in history turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns   

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  On May - 12 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 May - 12.   

1789  On this day in history society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses   

1790  On this day in history [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer   

1792  On May - 12 toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented   

1796  Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75 on May - 12.   

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

1797  On this day in history johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

1803  Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) on this day in history.   

1804  On May - 12 robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)   

1806  Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 on this day in history.   

1811  Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1812  Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) on this day in history.   

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin on May - 12.   

1814  On this day in history robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83   

1820  The birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

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 May - 12.   

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

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 12.   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.   

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

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered