Historical Events In October - 12

1820  Elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36 on October - 12.  

1822  2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain on this day in history.  

1822  On October - 12 joseph Haydn Potter, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892  

1823  On this day in history charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)  

1829  Jacobus Blue, Dutch regent/patriot, dies at about 73 on this day in history.  

1832  On October - 12 walter T Watts-Dunton, England, lawyer/poet/writer (Aylwin)  

1833  Charles Darwin begins return trip to Buenos Aires on October - 12.  

1836  On October - 12 18" of snow falls in Bridgewater NY  

1837  Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on October - 12.  

1840  On this day in history helena Modjeska, Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian  

1844  On this day in history george W Cable, American writer (Northampton Years)  

1844  On this day in history claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies  

1845  On this day in history amintore Galli, composer  

1850  On this day in history 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens  

1853  On this day in history john Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans  

1854  On this day in history lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute  

1855  On this day in history arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic)  

1858  Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1860  On October - 12 british and French troops capture Peking  

1860  British & French troops capture Beijing on October - 12.  

1860  On October - 12 elmer A Sperry, inventor (gyrocompass)  

1860  On October - 12 henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73  

1861  Confederate ironclad Manassas attacks Union's Richmond on Mississippi on this day in history.  

1861  Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi on this day in history.  

1862  Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conf troops in Missisippi on this day in history.  

1862  On October - 12 jEB Stuart completes his "2nd ride around McClellan"  

1864  On this day in history roger Taney, 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87  

1865  William Vincent Wallace, composer, dies at 53 on October - 12.  

1866  Antonie Waldrop, painter/lithographer on October - 12.  

1870  Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63 on October - 12.  

1871  Pres Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan on October - 12.  

1872  Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie on October - 12.  

1872  On October - 12 ralph Vaughan Williams, Down Amp England, composer (Hugh the Drover)  

1875  Aleister [Edward S] Crowley, (75 pseudonames), British occultist on October - 12.  

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1008  On October - 12 birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)  

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

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on October - 12.  

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer  

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on this day in history.  

1558  On October - 12 birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)  

1558  On this day in history birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)  

1576  On this day in history birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)  

0632  On this day in history death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda  

0638  On this day in history honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies  

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on October - 12.  

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

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

1176  On October - 12 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  On this day in history reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies