Page 2: Historical Events In May - 12

1689  England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg on May - 12.   

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

1700  On this day in history luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

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

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

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

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on May - 12.   

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer on this day in history.   

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

1776  Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns on May - 12.   

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

1777  The first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette) on May - 12.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1790  On this day in history [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer   

1792  On this day in history 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  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on May - 12.   

1803  On this day in history justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

1804  Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) on this day in history.   

1806  Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 on May - 12.   

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  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  On this day in history florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

1821  On this day in history 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  On May - 12 the birth of Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet   

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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  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  On this day in history birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

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

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered