Historical Events In September - 12

1824  Louis AG baron de Bacler d'Albe, French cartographer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history anselm Feuerbach, German painter   

1830  William Sprague, governor of Rhode Island (1859-63) on this day in history.   

1836  On September - 12 grabbe, writer, dies at 34   

1840  Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck on September - 12.   

1847  Mexican-American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins on this day in history.   

1848  On September - 12 switzerland becomes a Federal state.   

1852  Hubert H Asquith, premier Great Britain (L, 1908-16) on this day in history.   

1856  On September - 12 johann Heinrich Beck, composer   

1857  On September - 12 423 die when the ship named "Central America" sinks off Cape Romain SC   

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

1857  On September - 12 george H Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter/water colors painter   

1858  On September - 12 fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor   

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

1867  On this day in history 2nd synagogue in Curacao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated   

1871  Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, Romania on this day in history.   

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

1873  On this day in history sul-To-Wan, [Nellie Conley], US actress (Uncle Tom's Cabin)   

1874  On September - 12 1874 The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded.   

1876  King Leopold II opens Congo-conference on September - 12.   

1876  Flor Alpaerts, Flemish composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel, Pallieter) on this day in history.   

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

1877  Julius Reitz, composer, dies at 64 on September - 12.   

1878  Cleopatra Needle installed in London on this day in history.   

1878  Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 on September - 12.   

1879  On this day in history fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter   

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

1880  On September - 12 henry L Mencken, Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices)   

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  Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set on September - 12.   

1887  George Georgescu, composer on this day in history.   

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

1888  On September - 12 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Greek Interpreter" (BG)   

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1492  Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On this day in history 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  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 September - 12.   

1655  Sebastien de Brossard, composer was born on September - 12.   

1688  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)   

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

0413  Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint on this day in history.   

1012  Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies on September - 12.   

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

1185  On September - 12 death of andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched   

1213  Pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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)