Page 2: 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 November - 12.   

1793  Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined on this day in history.   

1802  Charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62 on November - 12.   

1813  On this day in history allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth   

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

1817  Carlo Pedrotti, composer on this day in history.   

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

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 November - 12 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 November - 12.   

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

1841  John W Rayleigh, England, physicist (Nobel 1904)/Cambridge (1908-14) on this day in history.   

1844  Octave Fouque, composer on this day in history.   

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  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  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 November - 12.   

1866  On this day in history sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional)   

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  On this day in history montreal & Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game   

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

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

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

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

1892  On November - 12 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  Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

1547  On November - 12 birth of claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)   

1606  On this day in history birth of jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)   

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 this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer   

1729  Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811) was born on November - 12.   

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

1035  Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41 on November - 12.   

1094  Death of King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) on November - 12.   

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 November - 12 stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65   

1558  Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on November - 12.   

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