Historical Events In September - 12

1683  On September - 12 afonso VI, mentally ill king of Portugal (1656-67), dies at 40   

1691  Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony (1680-91), dies at 44 on September - 12.   

1695  NY Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties on this day in history.   

1703  Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage on September - 12.   

1720  Isaak of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor on September - 12.   

1720  Frederick Philipse III, NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam) on this day in history.   

1722  Russian troops occupy Baku & Derbent on Persia on September - 12.   

1732  On this day in history eugene JP earl the Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, dies at 58   

1733  On this day in history polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king   

1733  Francois Couperin "Le Grand", French composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1739  Reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65 on September - 12.   

1745  Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus on this day in history.   

1751  On September - 12 amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto   

1758  On this day in history charles Messier observes the Crab Nebula and begins catalog   

1758  On September - 12 charles Messier observes Crab Nebula & begins catalog   

1759  On September - 12 british soldiers capture the town of Quebec.   

1761  Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer on September - 12.   

1764  Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80 on September - 12.   

1768  On this day in history bemnjamin Carr, composer   

1776  Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission on September - 12.   

1787  On this day in history black Masons form 1st lodge   

1788  Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ) on September - 12.   

1789  Franz Xaver Richter, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1801  Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing-teacher on September - 12.   

1803  Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history andrew Hull Foote, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1863   

1806  Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer, dies at 58 on September - 12.   

1807  On September - 12 edward Miller, composer, dies at 71   

1811  On September - 12 james Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY)   

1812  On this day in history pyotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle   

1814  On this day in history battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812   

1815  On this day in history jose Mauricio, composer, dies at 63   

1818  On this day in history the birth of Richard Gatling, US inventor of the Gatling gun   

1818  Richard Jordan Gatling, US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun) on September - 12.   

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1492  Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519) was born on September - 12.   

1494  On September - 12 birth of francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47)   

1494  King Francis I of France (d. 1547) was born on September - 12.   

1559  Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

1575  Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River) was born on September - 12.   

1605  On September - 12 birth of william Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)   

1655  On September - 12 birth of sebastien de Brossard, composer   

1688  Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) was born on September - 12.   

0352  On this day in history maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies   

0413  Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint on September - 12.   

1012  On September - 12 guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies   

1015  Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65 on this day in history.   

1185  Death of Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched on September - 12.   

1213  On September - 12 pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle   

1362  Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies on September - 12.   

1369  Death of Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345) on this day in history.