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  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  Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83 on May - 12.   

1739  On this day in history jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer on this day in history.   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer on May - 12.   

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

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer on this day in history.   

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 May - 12 british troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina   

1789  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1797  First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice on this day in history.   

1797  On May - 12 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  Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52 on May - 12.   

1812  Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) on May - 12.   

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin on this day in history.   

1814  On May - 12 robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83   

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

1820  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) on this day in history.   

1821  On May - 12 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 this day in history.   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on May - 12.   

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

1590  On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

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

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

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on May - 12.