Page 2: Historical Events In September - 12

1683  Afonso VI, mentally ill king of Portugal (1656-67), dies at 40 on September - 12.   

1691  Johann Georg III, Elector of Saxony (1680-91), dies at 44 on September - 12.   

1695  NY Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties on this day in history.   

1703  On September - 12 emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage   

1720  On September - 12 isaak of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor   

1720  On this day in history frederick Philipse III, NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam)   

1722  On this day in history russian troops occupy Baku & Derbent on Persia   

1732  On September - 12 eugene JP earl the Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo, dies at 58   

1733  Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king on September - 12.   

1733  Francois Couperin "Le Grand", French composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1739  On this day in history reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65   

1745  Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus on September - 12.   

1751  On September - 12 amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto   

1758  On September - 12 charles Messier observes the Crab Nebula and begins catalog   

1758  On September - 12 charles Messier observes Crab Nebula & begins catalog   

1759  British soldiers capture the town of Quebec on September - 12.   

1761  Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer on September - 12.   

1764  On this day in history jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80   

1768  Bemnjamin Carr, composer on September - 12.   

1776  On September - 12 nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission   

1787  On this day in history black Masons form 1st lodge   

1788  On September - 12 alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ)   

1789  On this day in history franz Xaver Richter, composer, dies at 79   

1801  Giuseppe Concone, Italian singing-teacher on September - 12.   

1803  On this day in history frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer   

1806  Andrew Hull Foote, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

1806  Christian Gottfried Thomas, composer, dies at 58 on September - 12.   

1807  Edward Miller, composer, dies at 71 on September - 12.   

1811  On this day in history james Hall, US geologist (Natural history of NY)   

1812  On September - 12 pyotr I Bagration, Georgian/Russian ruler/general, dies in battle   

1814  Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 on this day in history.   

1815  Jose Mauricio, composer, dies at 63 on September - 12.   

1818  The birth of Richard Gatling, US inventor of the Gatling gun on September - 12.   

1818  On September - 12 richard Jordan Gatling, US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun)   

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1492  On this day in history birth of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)   

1494  On this day in history birth of francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47)   

1494  On September - 12 birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)   

1559  Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect was born on September - 12.   

1575  On September - 12 birth of henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River)   

1605  William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) was born on September - 12.   

1655  On this day in history birth of sebastien de Brossard, composer   

1688  Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) was born on September - 12.   

0352  On September - 12 maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies   

0413  Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint on this day in history.   

1012  On September - 12 guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies   

1015  On this day in history lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65   

1185  Death of Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched on this day in history.   

1213  Pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1362  On this day in history innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies   

1369  Death of Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345) on this day in history.