Historical Events In April - 12

1713  Dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom on this day in history.   

1716  On this day in history felice de' Giardini, composer   

1722  Pietro Nardini, composer on this day in history.   

1724  Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.   

1727  Gaspare Gabellone, composer on April - 12.   

1748  On this day in history william Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies   

1760  On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer   

1760  On April - 12 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64   

1764  Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland on this day in history.   

1769  On this day in history giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer   

1770  On this day in history townsend Acts repealed   

1776  Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina on April - 12.   

1777  Henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician on April - 12.   

1782  On April - 12 battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French   

1787  On April - 12 philadelphia's Free African Society forms   

1788  On April - 12 johann Erik Nordblom, composer   

1788  On this day in history carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56   

1791  On April - 12 francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)   

1792  John George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham) on April - 12.   

1793  Ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary on April - 12.   

1794  Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry) on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80   

1797  Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1801  Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader on April - 12.   

1802  On this day in history francois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart)   

1811  First US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA on this day in history.   

1811  On April - 12 1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA   

1815  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer on this day in history.   

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on this day in history.   

1820  Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece on April - 12.   

1823  The birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright on this day in history.   

1823  On April - 12 aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers)   

1826  On this day in history weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London   

1827  Edward Mollenhauer, composer on this day in history.   

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0812  On this day in history birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)   

1484  On April - 12 birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)   

1500  On this day in history birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist   

1526  On this day in history birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)   

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on April - 12.   

1577  On this day in history birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)   

1579  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on this day in history.   

1626  Paul Hainlein, composer was born on this day in history.   

0065  On April - 12 death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist   

0238  On this day in history death of gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle)   

0352  On this day in history julius I, pope (337-52), dies   

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on April - 12.   

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on this day in history.   

1443  On this day in history death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1550  On this day in history claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53   

1555  On April - 12 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75