Historical Events In October - 12

1878  On this day in history karl Buresch, Austria politician   

1879  British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan on this day in history.   

1880  Healey Willan, composer on this day in history.   

1881  Henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch on October - 12.   

1881  On this day in history carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer   

1882  Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer on October - 12.   

1884  On October - 12 godfrey Tearle, English/US actor (39 Steps)   

1886  On this day in history hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas   

1886  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Second Stain" (BG)   

1886  On October - 12 hurricane & sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas   

1886  Karl Dane, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Son of the Sheik) on October - 12.   

1890  Luis de Freitas Branco, composer on this day in history.   

1891  Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history edith Stein, German philosopher   

1892  On this day in history pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools   

1893  On October - 12 pall Isolfsson, composer   

1894  On October - 12 charles Hodge, Calif, NYU professor (Answers for Americans)   

1896  Eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975) on October - 12.   

1898  On this day in history establishment of the first town council in Mateur.   

1899  South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England on October - 12.   

1901  Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House" on October - 12.   

1902  Dirk A M Binnendijk, critic (Authoritarian Regimes in Transistion) on this day in history.   

1903  On October - 12 lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC   

1903  Grayson Kirk, Jeffersonville Ohio, educator on October - 12.   

1905  Rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher on October - 12.   

1906  Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series   

1907  On this day in history wolfgang Fortner, composer   

1908  Ann Lane Petry, US journalist/author (Street) on this day in history.   

1909  On October - 12 josephine Hutchinson, Seattle WA, actress (Story of Louis Pasteur)   

1911  On October - 12 louis M de Guiringaud, French foreign minister (1976-78)   

1913  John McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw & is fired on October - 12.   

1913  William James Moyce, armaments scientist on this day in history.   

1914  1st battle at Ypres, begins on this day in history.   

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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 this day in history birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on October - 12.   

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

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 October - 12.   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on October - 12.   

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

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

0642  On October - 12 johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies   

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  Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on October - 12.   

1320  Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies on October - 12.   

1343  Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on this day in history.