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 this day in history.   

1700  Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83   

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on this day in history.   

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer on May - 12.   

1754  On May - 12 franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer   

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

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

1777  On May - 12 the first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)   

1777  On May - 12 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)   

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

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  Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1812  On this day in history edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)   

1813  On this day in history johann Czerski, German chaplin   

1814  On this day in history robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83   

1820  The birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing on this day in history.   

1820  On May - 12 florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

1821  The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi on May - 12.   

1825  On May - 12 elias Mann, composer, dies at 75   

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

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1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

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

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 12 birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.   

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

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