Page 2: Historical Events In April - 12

1713  On this day in history dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom   

1716  Felice de' Giardini, composer on April - 12.   

1722  On April - 12 pietro Nardini, composer   

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

1727  Gaspare Gabellone, composer on this day in history.   

1748  William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies on this day in history.   

1760  On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer   

1760  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on April - 12.   

1764  On this day in history dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland   

1769  On April - 12 giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer   

1770  Townsend Acts repealed on this day in history.   

1776  On April - 12 halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina   

1777  On this day in history henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician   

1782  On this day in history battle at Les Saintes West-Indies: British fleet beats French   

1787  On this day in history philadelphia's Free African Society forms   

1788  Johann Erik Nordblom, composer on this day in history.   

1788  Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe)   

1792  On this day in history john George Lambton, London, statesman (1st Earl of Durham)   

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

1794  On April - 12 germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry)   

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1801  On this day in history henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar/secession leader   

1802  Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader (Congregation of Heart) on April - 12.   

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

1811  1st US colonists on Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, WA on this day in history.   

1815  On April - 12 henry Hugo Pierson, composer   

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on April - 12.   

1820  On this day in history alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.   

1823  The birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright on April - 12.   

1823  On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers)   

1826  On April - 12 weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London   

1827  Edward Mollenhauer, composer on April - 12.   

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0812  On April - 12 birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)   

1484  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1577  On April - 12 birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)   

1579  On April - 12 birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France   

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  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on this day in history.   

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on this day in history.   

0434  On April - 12 death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

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  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on April - 12.   

1555  Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 on this day in history.