Historical Events In May - 12

1689  On this day in history england & Netherlands form League of Augsburg  

1695  On May - 12 english king Willem III departs to Netherlands  

1700  On this day in history luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect  

1701  On this day in history drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)  

1733  On May - 12 maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague  

1737  On this day in history cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83  

1739  On May - 12 jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer  

1751  On May - 12 gaetano Manna, composer  

1754  On May - 12 franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer  

1776  Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns on this day in history.  

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1776  On this day in history juan Bros y Bertomel, composer  

1777  The first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette) on May - 12.  

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

1780  Charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War) on this day in history.  

1780  On this day in history british troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina  

1789  On May - 12 society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers  

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

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

1796  On May - 12 johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75  

1797  On this day in history first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.  

1797  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on this day in history.  

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

1804  Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) on this day in history.  

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

1811  On May - 12 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52  

1812  On May - 12 edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)  

1813  On May - 12 johann Czerski, German chaplin  

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

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

1825  Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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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 May - 12.  

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.  

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  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on this day in history.  

1670  On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)  

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

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

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.  

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on May - 12.  

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.  

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

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 May - 12.