Page 2: Historical Events In May - 12

1689  On this day in history england & Netherlands form League of Augsburg   

1695  English king Willem III departs to Netherlands on May - 12.   

1700  On this day in history luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

1701  On this day in history drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)   

1733  Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague on May - 12.   

1737  On May - 12 cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83   

1739  On May - 12 jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

1751  On May - 12 gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer on this day in history.   

1776  On May - 12 turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns   

1776  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer on May - 12.   

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  On May - 12 british troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina   

1789  On May - 12 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  [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer on May - 12.   

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

1796  Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1797  On May - 12 johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

1803  Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) on this day in history.   

1804  On May - 12 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  On May - 12 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52   

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

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

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

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  The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi on this day in history.   

1825  Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75 on May - 12.   

1828  The birth of Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet on May - 12.   

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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 May - 12.   

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

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

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

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 12.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1382  On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies   

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

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

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 this day in history.