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  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect on this day in history.  

1701  Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701) on this day in history.  

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

1737  Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83 on May - 12.  

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on May - 12.  

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer on this day in history.  

1754  On May - 12 franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer  

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

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

1777  The first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette) on this day in history.  

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

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

1780  On May - 12 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  On this day in history [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer  

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

1796  On this day in history 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  On this day in history justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)  

1804  On May - 12 robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)  

1806  On this day in history amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877  

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

1812  Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) on this day in history.  

1813  On May - 12 johann Czerski, German chaplin  

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 this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.  

1626  On May - 12 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 May - 12.  

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

0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45  

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

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies  

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 this day in history.  

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.  

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