Page 2: Historical Events In April - 12

1713  On April - 12 dutch State-Gen signs peace with France: Neth loses Orange Princedom   

1716  Felice de' Giardini, composer on this day in history.   

1722  Pietro Nardini, composer on April - 12.   

1724  Lyman Hall, US physician (signed Declaration of Independence) on April - 12.   

1727  On April - 12 gaspare Gabellone, composer   

1748  On April - 12 william Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies   

1760  On this day in history juan Manuel Olivares, composer   

1760  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1769  On April - 12 giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer   

1770  On April - 12 townsend Acts repealed   

1776  Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina on this day in history.   

1777  On April - 12 henry Clay, [the Great Compromiser], US politician   

1782  On April - 12 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  On April - 12 carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56   

1791  Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe) on April - 12.   

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

1793  On April - 12 ferdinand I KLJM, the Good Natured, Emperor of Austria/king of Hungary   

1794  Germinal P Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry) on April - 12.   

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 April - 12.   

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  On this day in history charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies   

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

1823  On this day in history the birth of Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright   

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

1826  Weber's opera "Oberon," premieres in London on April - 12.   

1827  On this day in history edward Mollenhauer, composer   

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0812  Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835) was born on this day in history.   

1484  On this day in history birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)   

1500  On April - 12 birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist   

1526  Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

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

1577  Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1579  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on April - 12.   

1626  Paul Hainlein, composer was born on April - 12.   

0065  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on this day in history.   

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on April - 12.   

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on April - 12.   

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on this day in history.   

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

1443  On April - 12 death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1550  On April - 12 claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53   

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