Page 2: Historical Events In September - 12
Wednesday, 08 April 2026
1683 Afonso VI, mentally ill king of Portugal (1656-67), dies at 40. 

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

1695 NY Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties 

1703 Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage 

1720 Isaak of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor. 

1720 Frederick Philipse III, NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester and Putnam) 

1722 Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia 

1732 Eugene JP earl the Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, dies at 58. 

1733 Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king 

1733 Francois Couperin "Le Grand", French composer, dies at 64. 

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

1745 Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus 

1751 Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto 

1758 Charles Messier observes the Crab Nebula and begins catalog 

1758 Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula and begins catalog 

1759 British soldiers capture the town of Quebec. 

1761 Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer 

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

1768 Bemnjamin Carr, composer. 

1776 Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission 

1787 Black Masons form 1st lodge. 

1788 Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ) 

1789 Franz Xaver Richter, composer, dies at 79 

1801 Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing-teacher. 

1803 Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer. 

1806 Andrew Hull Foote, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1863 

1806 Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer, dies at 58. 

1807 Edward Miller, composer, dies at 71 

1811 James Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY) 

1812 Pyotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle. 

1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812. 

1815 Jose Mauricio, composer, dies at 63 

1818 Richard Gatling, US inventor of the Gatling gun is born 

1818 Richard Jordan Gatling, US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun) 

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