Historical Events In May - 12

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

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

1700  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on this day in history.  

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  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer on May - 12.  

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 May - 12 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 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  On May - 12 first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.  

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

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  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 May - 12.  

1814  Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83 on May - 12.  

1820  The birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing on May - 12.  

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

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

1825  On May - 12 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  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.  

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

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.  

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 12.  

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

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

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

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

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

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies  

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  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48  

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered