Historical Events In November - 12

1775  On this day in history general Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks   

1790  Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler on this day in history.   

1793  Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined on November - 12.   

1802  On November - 12 charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62   

1813  Allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth on November - 12.   

1815  On this day in history elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown NY, suffragist (80 Years & More)   

1817  Carlo Pedrotti, composer on November - 12.   

1823  On November - 12 great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens   

1823  On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75   

1827  Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer on November - 12.   

1831  On this day in history anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist   

1833  On November - 12 aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable)   

1840  The birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor on this day in history.   

1840  Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker) on November - 12.   

1841  On November - 12 john W Rayleigh, England, physicist (Nobel 1904)/Cambridge (1908-14)   

1844  Octave Fouque, composer on November - 12.   

1847  On this day in history sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic.   

1852  On this day in history georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22   

1853  On November - 12 oskar Panizza, writer   

1858  On November - 12 alexis Contant, composer   

1859  Jules Leotard performs first Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name   

1865  On this day in history frans L M "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas)   

1866  Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional) on November - 12.   

1867  Mt. Vesuvius erupts on this day in history.   

1869  Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies on this day in history.   

1873  Bay District Race Track opens on November - 12.   

1880  On this day in history mines explosion at Stellerton Nova Scotia in the Foord Pit kills 50   

1885  Montreal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game on November - 12.   

1886  On this day in history l G Kortenhorst, politician   

1889  DeWitt Wallace, St Paul Minn, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921) on November - 12.   

1892  On November - 12 allegheny Athletic Association beats Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0 in football   

1892  On November - 12 pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes first pro football player   

1892  On this day in history pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player   

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1493  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)   

1528  On this day in history birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)   

1547  Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575) was born on November - 12.   

1606  Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

1615  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.   

1651  Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) was born on November - 12.   

1676  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on November - 12.   

1729  Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811) was born on this day in history.   

0607  On this day in history boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies   

1035  On November - 12 canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41   

1094  Death of King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) on this day in history.   

1202  On this day in history knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39   

1434  On this day in history death of king Louis III of Naples   

1555  Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1558  On November - 12 shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies   

1567  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 on this day in history.