Page 2: Historical Events In May - 12

1689  On May - 12 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 May - 12.   

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

1733  Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83   

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  On this day in history turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns   

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

1777  On May - 12 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 this day in history society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers   

1789  On May - 12 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 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 May - 12.   

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 May - 12 amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877   

1811  Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52 on May - 12.   

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

1813  On May - 12 johann Czerski, German chaplin   

1814  Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1820  On May - 12 the birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing   

1820  On May - 12 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 this day in history.   

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  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.   

1590  On this day in history birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  On May - 12 birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.   

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  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 12.   

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

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

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on May - 12.   

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.