Page 2: Historical Events In May - 12

1689  On May - 12 england & Netherlands form League of Augsburg   

1695  English king Willem III departs to Netherlands on this day in history.   

1700  On May - 12 luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

1701  On May - 12 drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)   

1733  On this day in history maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague   

1737  On this day in history cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83   

1739  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on this day in history.   

1751  On this day in history gaetano Manna, composer   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns   

1776  On May - 12 juan Bros y Bertomel, composer   

1777  On this day in history the first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)   

1777  1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette) on May - 12.   

1780  Charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War) on May - 12.   

1780  On this day in history british troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina   

1789  Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers on May - 12.   

1789  On this day in history society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses   

1790  On this day in history [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer   

1792  On this day in history toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented   

1796  On this day in history johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75   

1797  On May - 12 first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.   

1797  On May - 12 johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

1803  On this day in history justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)   

1804  On May - 12 robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)   

1806  Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877 on this day in history.   

1811  On May - 12 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52   

1812  On May - 12 edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)   

1813  Johann Czerski, German chaplin on May - 12.   

1814  Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83 on May - 12.   

1820  The birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing on this day in history.   

1820  Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) on May - 12.   

1821  The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi on May - 12.   

1825  On this day in history elias Mann, composer, dies at 75   

1828  On May - 12 the birth of Dante Rossetti, English artist and poet   

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on May - 12.   

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)   

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.   

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.   

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1003  On this day in history gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome   

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies   

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on this day in history.   

1465  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.   

1634  On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies   

1641  On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered