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05/12/0254
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Stephan I replaces Lucius I as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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05/12/0912
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Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45
Type: Death
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05/12/0919
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Duke Henry of Saxon becomes king Henry I of Oostfrankische rich
Type: Event
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05/12/1003
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Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome
Type: Death
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05/12/1003
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Sylvester II, [Gerbert van Aurillac], 1st Fren Pope (999-1003), dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1012
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Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1082
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Battle at Mailberg: Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austr
Type: Event
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05/12/1215
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English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country
Type: Event
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05/12/1328
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Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V
Type: Event
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05/12/1382
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Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1459
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Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur
Type: Event
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05/12/1525
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Battle at Biblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wurttembergse farmers
Type: Event
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05/12/1534
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Wurttemberg becomes Lutherian
Type: Event
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05/12/1551
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San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens
Type: Event
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05/12/1588
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Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris
Type: Event
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05/12/1604
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Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius
Type: Event
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05/12/1634
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George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies
Type: Death
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05/12/1640
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Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV
Type: Event
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05/12/1641
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Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48
Type: Death
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05/12/1641
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Prince Willem II (14) marries Engl princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9)
Type: Event
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05/12/1649
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Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered
Type: Death
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05/12/1662
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Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized
Type: Birth
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05/12/1670
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August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1679
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Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1689
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England and Netherlands form League of Augsburg
Type: Event
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05/12/1695
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English king Willem III departs to Netherlands
Type: Event
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05/12/1700
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Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect
Type: Birth
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05/12/1701
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Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)
Type: Event
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05/12/1729
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Michal F B Freiherr von Melas, Austrian general (7 Year Wars)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1733
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Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague
Type: Event
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05/12/1737
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Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83
Type: Death
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05/12/1739
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Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1739
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Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1751
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Gaetano Manna, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1754
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Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1776
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Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1776
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Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns
Type: Event
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05/12/1777
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1st ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-NY Gazette)
Type: Event
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05/12/1780
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British troops occupy Charleston, South Carolina
Type: Event
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05/12/1780
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Charleston, SC falls to British (Revolutionary War)
Type: Event
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05/12/1788
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Louis E van Brunswick-Wolfenbttel, Austrian duke, dies at 69
Type: Death
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05/12/1789
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Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of NYC political bosses
Type: Event
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05/12/1790
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[Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish writer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1792
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Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented
Type: Event
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05/12/1796
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Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75
Type: Death
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05/12/1797
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Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer
Type: Birth
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05/12/1803
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Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist (agricultural chemics)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1804
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Robert Baldwin, (L) help establish govt in Canada (or 1904)
Type: Birth
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05/12/1806
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Amos Beebe Eaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1877
Type: Birth
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05/12/1806
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J V Snellman, Finland, journalist/statesman/nationalist
Type: Birth
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