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  Charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1813  On November - 12 allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth  

1815  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown NY, suffragist (80 Years & More) on November - 12.  

1817  On November - 12 carlo Pedrotti, composer  

1823  Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens on November - 12.  

1823  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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

1833  Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable) on November - 12.  

1840  On November - 12 the birth of Auguste Rodin, French sculptor  

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

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

1853  Oskar Panizza, writer on November - 12.  

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  On November - 12 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  On this day in history mt. Vesuvius erupts.  

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

1873  On November - 12 bay District Race Track opens  

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 this day in history.  

1886  L G Kortenhorst, politician on this day in history.  

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

1892  On this day in history allegheny Athletic Association beats Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0 in football  

1892  Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes first pro football player on November - 12.  

1892  Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player on November - 12.  

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1493  On this day in history 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  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on November - 12.  

1651  On this day in history birth of juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)  

1676  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0607  On November - 12 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 November - 12.  

1202  On November - 12 knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39  

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  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 on November - 12.