Historical Events In October - 12

1654  Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1659  On October - 12 english Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals  

1672  Frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle on this day in history.  

1685  On this day in history geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59  

1686  On this day in history silvius Leopold Weiss, composer  

1692  On October - 12 massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials  

1692  On this day in history giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60  

1694  Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies on this day in history.  

1702  Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch & English fleet destroy & occupy Spanish silver fleet & French squadron on October - 12.  

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

1729  On October - 12 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  On October - 12 frantisek Vaclav Tomes, composer  

1762  John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape colony/Dutch-Indies 1811 on this day in history.  

1763  John Ross, composer on October - 12.  

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

1775  On October - 12 uS Navy forms  

1776  On this day in history british Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in the Bronx  

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

1791  On October - 12 a L Karschin, writer, dies at 68  

1792  On this day in history columbus Day is 1st celebrated  

1794  On this day in history james Lyon, composer, dies at 59  

1797  Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg  

1798  On October - 12 a J Pedro I van Alcantara, Kaiser of Brazil (1822-31)/king of Portugal  

1807  On this day in history john Tideman, Dutch Remonstrant theologist  

1808  John Liptrot Hatton, composer on this day in history.  

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  Lyman Trumbull, MC (Union) died in 1896 on October - 12.  

1815  On this day in history ex-king Joachim Murat van Naples sentenced to death  

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

1817  Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

1350  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)  

1558  On this day in history birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)  

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.  

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.  

0632  On October - 12 death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda  

0638  On October - 12 honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies  

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on this day in history.  

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

1095  Death of Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) on October - 12.  

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

1320  On October - 12 michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies  

1343  Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on October - 12.