Page 2: Historical Events In September - 12

1683  On this day in history afonso VI, mentally ill king of Portugal (1656-67), dies at 40   

1691  On September - 12 johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony (1680-91), dies at 44   

1695  NY Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties on September - 12.   

1703  Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage on this day in history.   

1720  Isaak of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor on this day in history.   

1720  Frederick Philipse III, NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam) on September - 12.   

1722  On September - 12 russian troops occupy Baku & Derbent on Persia   

1732  On September - 12 eugene JP earl the Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, dies at 58   

1733  On September - 12 polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king   

1733  Francois Couperin "Le Grand", French composer, dies at 64 on September - 12.   

1739  On this day in history reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65   

1745  Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus on September - 12.   

1751  On this day in history amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto   

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

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

1759  British soldiers capture the town of Quebec on September - 12.   

1761  On this day in history georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer   

1764  Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1768  On September - 12 bemnjamin Carr, composer   

1776  On September - 12 nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission   

1787  Black Masons form 1st lodge on September - 12.   

1788  On September - 12 alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ)   

1789  On September - 12 franz Xaver Richter, composer, dies at 79   

1801  Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing-teacher on this day in history.   

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  On September - 12 christian Gottfried Thomas, composer, dies at 58   

1807  Edward Miller, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1811  James Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY) on September - 12.   

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

1814  Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 on this day in history.   

1815  Jose Mauricio, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1818  The birth of Richard Gatling, US inventor of the Gatling gun on September - 12.   

1818  On this day in history richard Jordan Gatling, US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun)   

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1492  On this day in history birth of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)   

1494  Francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On September - 12 birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)   

1559  On this day in history birth of lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect   

1575  On this day in history birth of henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River)   

1605  William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Sebastien de Brossard, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0352  On September - 12 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  On September - 12 lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65   

1185  On this day in history death of andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched   

1213  Pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle on September - 12.   

1362  On September - 12 innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies   

1369  On September - 12 death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)