Historical Events In November - 12

1775  General Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks on this day in history.  

1790  Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler on November - 12.  

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

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

1813  Allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth on this day in history.  

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  Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens on this day in history.  

1823  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75 on November - 12.  

1827  Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer on November - 12.  

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

1844  On this day in history octave Fouque, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

1867  Mt. Vesuvius erupts on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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1493  On November - 12 birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)  

1528  Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) was born on November - 12.  

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

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  On this day in history birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)  

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

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

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

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

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.