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 May - 12.   

1701  On May - 12 drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)   

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

1737  Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1739  On May - 12 jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer on May - 12.   

1754  On this day in history franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer   

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

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

1777  On this day in history the first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)   

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

1780  On this day in history charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War)   

1780  British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers   

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 May - 12 [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer   

1792  Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75   

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

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

1803  Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) on May - 12.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

1590  On May - 12 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1012  On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

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

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.   

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