Page 3: Historical Events In April - 12

1828  On this day in history jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60   

1831  On this day in history constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor   

1838  On April - 12 rebel Col. Samuel Lount and Captain Peter Matthews publicly hanged for treason and sedition during the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada   

1838  On April - 12 john Shaw Billings, US, librarian/army physician   

1839  On this day in history victorin de Joncieres, composer   

1840  Edmond Audran, composer on April - 12.   

1844  Texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States on April - 12.   

1845  On this day in history henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65   

1849  A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #10 Hygiea on April - 12.   

1851  Emil Liebling, composer on this day in history.   

1852  On April - 12 [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician   

1856  On this day in history william M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen)   

1857  On this day in history gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" published   

1858  1st US billiards championship (Michael J Phelan wins in Detroit) on April - 12.   

1859  Hibernia Savings and Loan Society of SF incorporates on April - 12.   

1859  On April - 12 hibernia Savings & Loan Society of SF incorporates   

1859  John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84 on April - 12.   

1861  On April - 12 fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting the Civil War   

1861  Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting the Civil War The South is rising on this day in history.   

1861  Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War on this day in history.   

1862  On April - 12 james Andrews steals Confederate train (General) at Kennesaw, GA   

1863  On April - 12 -14] Gunboat battle at Bayou Teche Louisiana   

1863  On April - 12 raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding School)   

1864  On this day in history confederate Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow, Tn   

1864  Battle of Blair's Landing LA on April - 12.   

1864  On April - 12 thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50   

1869  North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer   

1871  On April - 12 ioannis Metaxas, Greek general/dictator (1936-41)   

1872  On this day in history jesse James gang robs bank in Columbia, Kentucky (1 dead/$1,500)   

1876  On this day in history founding of Beaver Steamship Line, formerly the Canadian Shipping Co., with three new iron-screw steamers to replace the old sailing ships; the Montreal to Liverpool service is sold to the CPR in 1903, and is the origin of CP Ships.   

1877  On April - 12 british annex Transvaal, in South Africa   

1878  On this day in history richard B Goldschmidt, German/US zoologist   

1878  On April - 12 william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies   

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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  On this day in history birth of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)   

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

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

1626  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer   

0065  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on April - 12.   

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 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  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.