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Historical Events In May - 12

Thursday, 28 September 2023

1689  England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1695  On this day in history english king Willem III departs to Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1700  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1701  Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1733  On May - 12 maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1737  Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83 on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1754  On May - 12 franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1776  Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1777  The first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1777  On this day in history 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1780  On this day in history charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1780  On May - 12 british troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1789  On May - 12 society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1789  Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1790  On this day in history [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1792  On May - 12 toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1796  On this day in history johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1797  On this day in history first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1797  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1803  On this day in history justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1804  On May - 12 robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1806  On this day in history amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1811  On May - 12 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1812  Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1813  On May - 12 johann Czerski, German chaplin  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1814  On May - 12 robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1820  On May - 12 the birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1820  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1821  On this day in history the first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1825  On May - 12 elias Mann, composer, dies at 75  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1828  The birth of Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In May - 12

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1670  On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In May - 12

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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