Historical Events In September - 12

1824  On this day in history louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer, dies at 62   

1829  On this day in history anselm Feuerbach, German painter   

1830  William Sprague, governor of Rhode Island (1859-63) on September - 12.   

1836  Grabbe, writer, dies at 34 on September - 12.   

1840  On September - 12 composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck   

1847  On this day in history mexican-American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.   

1848  Switzerland becomes a Federal state on September - 12.   

1852  Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (L, 1908-16) on September - 12.   

1856  On September - 12 johann Heinrich Beck, composer   

1857  423 die when the ship named "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC on this day in history.   

1857  423 die when "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history george H Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter/water colors painter   

1858  Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor on September - 12.   

1862  Battle of Harpers Ferry VA on this day in history.   

1867  On September - 12 2nd synagogue in Curacao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated   

1871  Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania on September - 12.   

1871  Karl Collan, composer, dies at 43 on September - 12.   

1873  On September - 12 sul-To-Wan, [Nellie Conley], US actress (Uncle Tom's Cabin)   

1874  1874 The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded on this day in history.   

1876  King Leopold II opens Congo-conference on this day in history.   

1876  Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel, Pallieter) on September - 12.   

1877  Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre) on September - 12.   

1877  On September - 12 julius Reitz, composer, dies at 64   

1878  On September - 12 cleopatra Needle installed in London   

1878  Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1879  On September - 12 fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter   

1879  On September - 12 peter Arnold Heise, composer, dies at 49   

1880  Henry L Mencken, Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices) on September - 12.   

1881  Daniel Jones, England phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary) on September - 12.   

1882  Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre de Brazza on this day in history.   

1885  On September - 12 highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set   

1887  George Georgescu, composer on September - 12.   

1888  On September - 12 the birth of Maurice Chevalier, French actor   

1888  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter" (BG)   

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

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

1494  On this day in history birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)   

1559  Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect was born on September - 12.   

1575  Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River) was born on this day in history.   

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  On September - 12 birth of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)   

0352  Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies on September - 12.   

0413  On this day in history death of marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint   

1012  Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)