Page 2: Historical Events In May - 12

1689  On this day in history england & Netherlands form League of Augsburg   

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

1700  On this day in history luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect   

1701  On this day in history drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)   

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

1737  Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83 on May - 12.   

1739  On this day in history jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

1751  Gaetano Manna, composer on May - 12.   

1754  Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer on May - 12.   

1776  Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns on this day in history.   

1776  On this day in history juan Bros y Bertomel, composer   

1777  The first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette) on May - 12.   

1777  On this day in history 1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)   

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

1780  British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina on this day in history.   

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

1789  Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses on May - 12.   

1790  [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer on May - 12.   

1792  On May - 12 toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented   

1796  Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1797  On this day in history first Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.   

1797  On this day in history johann Hermann Kufferath, composer   

1803  Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics) on May - 12.   

1804  Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904) on May - 12.   

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  Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book) on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history johann Czerski, German chaplin   

1814  Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history the birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing   

1820  On May - 12 florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

1821  On this day in history the first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi.   

1825  On May - 12 elias Mann, composer, dies at 75   

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

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1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1670  On May - 12 birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)   

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.   

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on May - 12.   

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

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea   

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.   

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.   

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