436 Historic Events for May 12
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| 1811 |
Death |
Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52
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| 1812 |
Birth |
Louis Ludwig Blenker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
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| 1812 |
Birth |
Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, (Complete Nonsense Book)
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| 1813 |
Birth |
Johann Czerski, German chaplin
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| 1814 |
Death |
Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83
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| 1820 |
Birth |
Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)
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| 1825 |
Death |
Stanislao Mattei, composer, dies at 75
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| 1825 |
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Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75
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| 1828 |
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Gabriel Dante Rossetti, England, poet/painter, Pre-Raphaelite
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| 1828 |
Birth |
D G Rossetti, writer
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| 1829 |
Birth |
Paul Karrer, composer
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| 1832 |
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Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan
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| 1835 |
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Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile
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| 1842 |
Birth |
Jules Emile Fred Massenet, Montaud France, composer (Manon, Le Cid)
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| 1843 |
Death |
Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74
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| 1845 |
Birth |
Gabriel Urbain Faur‚, Pamiers France, composer (Requiem, Ballade)
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| 1845 |
Death |
August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77
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| 1849 |
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Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam
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| 1852 |
Death |
John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies
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| 1861 |
Death |
Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50
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| 1861 |
Birth |
Ivan Caryll, (US?) composer (Pink Lady)
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| 1862 |
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Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge Louisiana
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Charles Bordes, composer
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| 1863 |
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Battle of Raymond, Miss
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| 1864 |
Death |
Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37
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