Historical Events In November - 12

1775  On November - 12 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 this day in history 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  Carlo Pedrotti, composer on this day in history.  

1823  On this day in history great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens  

1823  On November - 12 emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75  

1827  Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer on this day in history.  

1831  Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist on November - 12.  

1833  On this day in history aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable)  

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

1840  Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker) on this day in history.  

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

1844  Octave Fouque, composer on November - 12.  

1847  On November - 12 sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic.  

1852  On November - 12 georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22  

1853  Oskar Panizza, writer on this day in history.  

1858  Alexis Contant, composer on November - 12.  

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

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

1865  Frans L M "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas) on November - 12.  

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

1867  Mt. Vesuvius erupts on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies  

1873  On this day in history bay District Race Track opens  

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

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

1886  L G Kortenhorst, politician on November - 12.  

1889  On this day in history deWitt Wallace, St Paul Minn, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921)  

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

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 November - 12 birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)  

1528  On November - 12 birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)  

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 November - 12.  

1615  On November - 12 birth of richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)  

1651  Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) was born on this day in history.  

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

1729  On November - 12 birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)  

0607  Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies on November - 12.  

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

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

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 November - 12.  

1555  On this day in history stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65  

1558  On this day in history shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies  

1567  On this day in history anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74