Page 2: Historical Events In October - 12

1654  Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66 on October - 12.   

1659  English Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals on October - 12.   

1672  Frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle on October - 12.   

1685  Geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59 on October - 12.   

1686  On October - 12 silvius Leopold Weiss, composer   

1692  On this day in history massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials   

1692  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1694  Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies on October - 12.   

1702  On October - 12 battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch & English fleet destroy & occupy Spanish silver fleet & French squadron   

1711  On this day in history karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor   

1729  On this day in history willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Gelderland   

1730  Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark on this day in history.   

1730  Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies on this day in history.   

1742  Johan Peter Melchior, German sculptor on October - 12.   

1759  Frantisek Vaclav Tomes, composer on this day in history.   

1762  On October - 12 john W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape colony/Dutch-Indies 1811   

1763  On October - 12 john Ross, composer   

1773  America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia on October - 12.   

1775  US Navy forms on this day in history.   

1776  British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in the Bronx on this day in history.   

1776  British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx on October - 12.   

1791  A L Karschin, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1792  Columbus Day is 1st celebrated on October - 12.   

1794  James Lyon, composer, dies at 59 on October - 12.   

1797  Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 on October - 12.   

1798  Flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history a J Pedro I van Alcantara, Kaiser of Brazil (1822-31)/king of Portugal   

1807  John Tideman, Dutch Remonstrant theologist on this day in history.   

1808  John Liptrot Hatton, composer on October - 12.   

1810  On October - 12 first Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.   

1813  On this day in history lyman Trumbull, MC (Union) died in 1896   

1815  Ex-king Joachim Murat van Naples sentenced to death on October - 12.   

1815  William Joseph Hardee, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1873 on October - 12.   

1817  On October - 12 johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66   

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on October - 12.   

1350  On October - 12 birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  On October - 12 birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

1490  On this day in history birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  On October - 12 birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on October - 12.   

1558  On October - 12 birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  On October - 12 birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)   

0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on this day in history.   

0638  Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on October - 12.   

0642  On this day in history johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies   

1093  On this day in history robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62   

1095  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

1176  On this day in history death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician   

1320  On this day in history michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies   

1343  On this day in history reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies