Historical Events In May - 12
Thursday, 28 September 2023
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.
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »