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  On November - 12 jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.  

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

1813  On November - 12 allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth  

1815  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown NY, suffragist (80 Years & More) on this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history carlo Pedrotti, composer  

1823  On this day in history 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  Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist on this day in history.  

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

1840  The birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor on November - 12.  

1840  On this day in history auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)  

1841  John W Rayleigh, England, physicist (Nobel 1904)/Cambridge (1908-14) on November - 12.  

1844  Octave Fouque, composer on November - 12.  

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

1852  Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22 on November - 12.  

1853  On November - 12 oskar Panizza, writer  

1858  Alexis Contant, composer on November - 12.  

1859  Jules Leotard performs first Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name on November - 12.  

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

1865  Frans L M "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas) on this day in history.  

1866  Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional) on this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history mt. Vesuvius erupts.  

1869  Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies on November - 12.  

1873  On this day in history bay District Race Track opens  

1880  Mines explosion at Stellerton Nova Scotia in the Foord Pit kills 50 on November - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

1892  Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0 in football on this day in history.  

1892  Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes first pro football player on this day in history.  

1892  Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player on this day in history.  

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

1528  Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

1547  On this day in history birth of claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)  

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 November - 12.  

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 November - 12.  

0607  Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies on this day in history.  

1035  Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1094  On November - 12 death of king Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)  

1202  Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 on November - 12.  

1434  Death of King Louis III of Naples on this day in history.  

1555  Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on November - 12.  

1558  Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on this day in history.  

1567  On November - 12 anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74