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May 12th, 2008 (May 12 2008) | Event | 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 60,000 people | |
May 12th, 2008 (May 12 2008) | Death | Robert Rauschenberg, American artist (born in 1925) | |
May 12th, 2007 (May 12 2007) | Death | Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Taliban military leader (born in 1966?) | |
May 12th, 2007 (May 12 2007) | Death | Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (born in 1936) | |
May 12th, 2006 (May 12 2006) | Event | Justin Gatlin equals the 100 metres sprint world record with a time of 9.77 seconds in Doha, Qatar. | |
May 12th, 2006 (May 12 2006) | Death | Gillespie V. Montgomery, former U.S. representative from Mississippi (born in 1920) | |
May 12th, 2005 (May 12 2005) | Death | Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (born in 1909) | |
May 12th, 2005 (May 12 2005) | Death | Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (born in 1937) | |
May 12th, 2003 (May 12 2003) | Event | The Riyadh compound bombings, carried out by Al Qaeda, kill 26. | |
May 12th, 2003 (May 12 2003) | Event | Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan. | |
May 12th, 2003 (May 12 2003) | Death | Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, French UN High Commissioner for Refugees (born in 1933) | |
May 12th, 2002 (May 12 2002) | Event | Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro s 1959 revolution. | Jimmy Carter Quotes |
May 12th, 2002 (May 12 2002) | Death | Erich Kulas, ECW Wrestler (Mass Transit) | |
May 12th, 2001 (May 12 2001) | Death | Perry Como, American singer (born in 1912) | |
May 12th, 2001 (May 12 2001) | Death | Alexei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (born in 1925) | |
May 12th, 2000 (May 12 2000) | Death | Adam Petty, American race car driver (born in 1980) | |
May 12th, 1999 (May 12 1999) | Event | David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament. | |
May 12th, 1999 (May 12 1999) | Death | Abd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn Baaz, Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia 1993-1999 (born in 1910) | |
May 12th, 1999 (May 12 1999) | Death | Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (born in 1914) | |
May 12th, 1995 (May 12 1995) | Birth | Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten, American actors | |
May 12th, 1995 (May 12 1995) | Death | Mia Martini, real name: Domenica Berte, Italian singer and song-writer (born in 1947) | |
May 12th, 1994 (May 12 1994) | Event | United Kingdom opposition leader John Smith dies in a London hospital after two serious heart attacks. | |
May 12th, 1994 (May 12 1994) | Death | Erik Erikson, German psychoanalyst (born in 1902) | |
May 12th, 1994 (May 12 1994) | Death | John Smith, British politician (born in 1938) | |
May 12th, 1992 (May 12 1992) | Birth | Malcolm David Kelley, American actor | |
May 12th, 1992 (May 12 1992) | Death | Robert Reed, American actor (born in 1932) | |
May 12th, 1992 (May 12 1992) | Death | Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and lyricist (born in 1911) | |
May 12th, 1992 (May 12 1992) | Death | Lenny Montana, American actor (born in 1926) | |
May 12th, 1990 (May 12 1990) | Death | Chen Kenmin, Japanese chef (born in 1912) | |
May 12th, 1988 (May 12 1988) | Birth | Marcelo, Brazilian footballer | |
May 12th, 1986 (May 12 1986) | Birth | Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress | |
May 12th, 1986 (May 12 1986) | Death | Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian actress (born in 1897) | |
May 12th, 1985 (May 12 1985) | Birth | Tally Hall, American soccer player | |
May 12th, 1985 (May 12 1985) | Death | Jean Dubuffet, French painter (born in 1901) | |
May 12th, 1983 (May 12 1983) | Birth | Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer | |
May 12th, 1982 (May 12 1982) | Event | During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Krohn, an ultraconservative Spanish priest opposed to the Vatican II reforms, believed that the Pope had to be killed for being an "agent of Moscow". | |
May 12th, 1981 (May 12 1981) | Event | Francis Hughes starves to death in the Maze Prison in a republican campaign for political status to be granted to IRA prisoners. | Ted Hughes Quotes |
May 12th, 1981 (May 12 1981) | Birth | Kentaro Sato, Japanese composer | |
May 12th, 1981 (May 12 1981) | Birth | Lorena Bernal, Spanish model and actress, Miss Spain 1999 | |
May 12th, 1980 (May 12 1980) | Event | West Ham United wins the FA Cup, beating Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley Stadium. Midfield playmaker Trevor Brooking scores the winner with a rare header. | |
May 12th, 1979 (May 12 1979) | Birth | Andre Carter, American football player | |
May 12th, 1979 (May 12 1979) | Birth | Erdinc Sacan, Turkish-Dutch politician | |
May 12th, 1979 (May 12 1979) | Birth | Steve Smith, American football player | |
May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Event | In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba. The local government asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order. | |
May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Birth | Jason Biggs, American actor | |
May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Birth | Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Acadian singer | |
May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Birth | Josh Phelps, American baseball player | |
May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Birth | Hossein Reza Zadeh, Iranian weightlifter | |
May 12th, 1978 (May 12 1978) | Birth | Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer (formerly Morning Musume) | |
May 12th, 1977 (May 12 1977) | Birth | Graeme Dott, British snooker player | |
May 12th, 1977 (May 12 1977) | Birth | Rebecca Herbst, American actress | |
May 12th, 1975 (May 12 1975) | Event | Mayaguez incident: the Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters. | |
May 12th, 1975 (May 12 1975) | Birth | Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby union footballer | |
May 12th, 1973 (May 12 1973) | Birth | Kendra Kassebaum, American stage actress | |
May 12th, 1973 (May 12 1973) | Birth | Travis Lutter, Mixed Martial Arts Fighter | Martial Quotes |
May 12th, 1973 (May 12 1973) | Death | Art Pollard, American racecar driver (born in 1927) | |
May 12th, 1971 (May 12 1971) | Birth | Doug Basham, American professional wrestler | |
May 12th, 1971 (May 12 1971) | Death | Heinie Manush, American baseball player (born in 1901) | |
May 12th, 1970 (May 12 1970) | Birth | Jim Furyk, American golfer | |
May 12th, 1970 (May 12 1970) | Birth | Samantha Mathis, American actress | |
May 12th, 1970 (May 12 1970) | Birth | Mike Weir, Canadian golfer | |
May 12th, 1970 (May 12 1970) | Death | Nelly Sachs, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1891) | |
May 12th, 1969 (May 12 1969) | Birth | Kim Fields, American actress | |
May 12th, 1969 (May 12 1969) | Birth | Cesar Millan, professional dog trainer | |
May 12th, 1969 (May 12 1969) | Birth | Kevin Nalty, famed YouTuber | |
May 12th, 1968 (May 12 1968) | Birth | Mark Clark, American baseball player | |
May 12th, 1968 (May 12 1968) | Birth | Tony Hawk, American skateboarder | |
May 12th, 1968 (May 12 1968) | Birth | Scott Schwartz, American actor | |
May 12th, 1968 (May 12 1968) | Birth | Catherine Tate, British comedian | |
May 12th, 1967 (May 12 1967) | Event | At Queen Elizabeth Hall, England, Pink Floyd stages the first-ever quadraphonic rock concert. | |
May 12th, 1967 (May 12 1967) | Birth | Paul D Amour, American bass guitarist (ex-Tool) | |
May 12th, 1967 (May 12 1967) | Death | John Masefield, British writer (born in 1878) | |
May 12th, 1966 (May 12 1966) | Birth | Stephen Baldwin, American actor | |
May 12th, 1966 (May 12 1966) | Birth | Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian singer | |
May 12th, 1966 (May 12 1966) | Death | Felix Martin Julius Steiner, German Heer and Waffen-SS officer (born in 1896) | |
May 12th, 1965 (May 12 1965) | Event | The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon. | |
May 12th, 1965 (May 12 1965) | Event | West Germany and Israel establish diplomatic relations. | |
May 12th, 1963 (May 12 1963) | Birth | Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player, Mayor of Piraeus | |
May 12th, 1963 (May 12 1963) | Birth | Gavin Hood, South African film director | |
May 12th, 1963 (May 12 1963) | Birth | Stefano Modena, Italian racing driver | |
May 12th, 1963 (May 12 1963) | Birth | Charles Pettigrew, American singer (Charles and Eddie) (died in 2001) | |
May 12th, 1963 (May 12 1963) | Birth | Jerry Trimble, American actor | |
May 12th, 1963 (May 12 1963) | Birth | Deborah Kara Unger, Canadian actress | |
May 12th, 1963 (May 12 1963) | Birth | Vanessa A. Williams, American actress | |
May 12th, 1963 (May 12 1963) | Death | Bobby Kerr, Canadian runner (born in 1882) | |
May 12th, 1962 (May 12 1962) | Event | Douglas MacArthur delivers his famous "Duty, Honor, Country" valedictory speech at the United States Military Academy. | Douglas MacArthur Quotes |
May 12th, 1962 (May 12 1962) | Birth | Emilio Estevez, American actor | |
May 12th, 1962 (May 12 1962) | Birth | Brett Gurewitz, American songwriter and record producer (Bad Religion) (Epitaph) | |
May 12th, 1961 (May 12 1961) | Birth | Billy Duffy, British guitarist (The Cult) | |
May 12th, 1961 (May 12 1961) | Birth | Lar Park Lincoln, American actress | |
May 12th, 1961 (May 12 1961) | Birth | Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor | |
May 12th, 1961 (May 12 1961) | Birth | Thomas Dooley, German-American Soccer Player | |
May 12th, 1960 (May 12 1960) | Birth | Paul Arcand, Quebec radio host, journalist and film director | |
May 12th, 1960 (May 12 1960) | Birth | Ian Khan, British racing driver | |
May 12th, 1959 (May 12 1959) | Birth | Ving Rhames, American actor | |
May 12th, 1958 (May 12 1958) | Event | A formal North American Aerospace Defense Command agreement is signed between the United States and Canada. | |
May 12th, 1958 (May 12 1958) | Birth | Andreas Petroulakis, Greek political caricaturist | |
May 12th, 1958 (May 12 1958) | Birth | Eric Singer, American drummer | |
May 12th, 1957 (May 12 1957) | Birth | Lou Whitaker, American baseball player | |
May 12th, 1957 (May 12 1957) | Death | Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (born in 1928) | |
May 12th, 1957 (May 12 1957) | Death | Erich von Stroheim, film director and actor (born in 1885) | |
May 12th, 1956 (May 12 1956) | Birth | Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player | |
May 12th, 1956 (May 12 1956) | Birth | Glenn Robbins, Australian comedian | |
May 12th, 1956 (May 12 1956) | Death | Louis Calhern, American actor (born in 1895) | |
May 12th, 1955 (May 12 1955) | Event | The last portion of the IRT Third Avenue Elevated in Manhattan closes. | |
May 12th, 1955 (May 12 1955) | Birth | Kix Brooks, American musician | |
May 12th, 1952 (May 12 1952) | Event | Gaj Singh is crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur. | |
May 12th, 1950 (May 12 1950) | Birth | Bruce Boxleitner, American actor | |
May 12th, 1950 (May 12 1950) | Birth | Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor | |
May 12th, 1950 (May 12 1950) | Birth | Billy Squier, American singer | |
May 12th, 1949 (May 12 1949) | Event | The Soviet Union lifts its Blockade of Berlin. | |
May 12th, 1949 (May 12 1949) | Event | The western occupying powers approve the Basic Law for the new German statethe Federal Republic of Germany. | |
May 12th, 1948 (May 12 1948) | Birth | Steve Winwood, British musician (The Spencer Davis Group; Traffic) | |
May 12th, 1947 (May 12 1947) | Birth | Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician | |
May 12th, 1947 (May 12 1947) | Birth | Micheline Lanctot, American film actor, director and screenwriter | |
May 12th, 1947 (May 12 1947) | Birth | catherine yronwode, American writer and editor | |
May 12th, 1946 (May 12 1946) | Birth | L. Neil Smith, American science fiction author | |
May 12th, 1945 (May 12 1945) | Birth | Alan Ball, Jr., English footballer (died in 2007) | |
May 12th, 1945 (May 12 1945) | Birth | Ian McLagan, British keyboardist (Small Faces) | |
May 12th, 1945 (May 12 1945) | Birth | Patrick Ricard, French businessman | |
May 12th, 1944 (May 12 1944) | Birth | James Purify, American singer | |
May 12th, 1944 (May 12 1944) | Death | Max Brand, American author (born in 1892) | Max Brand Quotes |
May 12th, 1944 (May 12 1944) | Death | Arthur Quiller-Couch, English writer (born in 1863) | |
May 12th, 1942 (May 12 1942) | Event | World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov - in the eastern Ukraine, the Soviet Army initiates a major offensive. During the battle the Soviets capture the city of Kharkov from the German Army, only to be encircled and destroyed. | |
May 12th, 1942 (May 12 1942) | Event | Holocaust: 1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz. | |
May 12th, 1942 (May 12 1942) | Birth | Ian Dury, British musician (died in 2000) | |
May 12th, 1942 (May 12 1942) | Birth | Michel Fugain, French singer and songwriter | |
May 12th, 1942 (May 12 1942) | Birth | Billy Swan, American songwriter and singer | |
May 12th, 1941 (May 12 1941) | Event | Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world s first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin. | |
May 12th, 1939 (May 12 1939) | Birth | Miltiadis Evert, Greek politician | |
May 12th, 1939 (May 12 1939) | Birth | Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league footballer | |
May 12th, 1939 (May 12 1939) | Birth | Ron Ziegler, White House Press Secretary (died in 2003) | |
May 12th, 1938 (May 12 1938) | Birth | Millie Perkins, American film actress | |
May 12th, 1937 (May 12 1937) | Event | Coronation of King George VI of Britain at Westminster Abbey. | |
May 12th, 1937 (May 12 1937) | Birth | Beryl Burton, British cyclist (died in 1996) | |
May 12th, 1937 (May 12 1937) | Birth | George Carlin, American comedian (died in 2008) | George Carlin Quotes |
May 12th, 1937 (May 12 1937) | Birth | Susan Hampshire, British actress | |
May 12th, 1936 (May 12 1936) | Birth | Guillermo Endara, President of Panama | |
May 12th, 1936 (May 12 1936) | Birth | Tom Snyder, American television personality (died in 2007) | |
May 12th, 1936 (May 12 1936) | Birth | Frank Stella, American painter | |
May 12th, 1935 (May 12 1935) | Birth | Felipe Alou, Dominican baseball player and manager | |
May 12th, 1935 (May 12 1935) | Birth | Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player | |
May 12th, 1935 (May 12 1935) | Death | Jozef Pilsudski, Polish statesman (born in 1867) | |
May 12th, 1933 (May 12 1933) | Birth | Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet | |
May 12th, 1932 (May 12 1932) | Event | Ten weeks after his abduction, the infant son of Charles Lindbergh is found dead in Hopewell, New Jersey just a few miles from the Lindberghs home. | |
May 12th, 1931 (May 12 1931) | Death | Eugene Ysaye, Belgian violinist (born in 1858) | |
May 12th, 1930 (May 12 1930) | Birth | Jesus Franco, Spanish film director | |
May 12th, 1929 (May 12 1929) | Birth | Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player | |
May 12th, 1929 (May 12 1929) | Birth | Sam Nujoma, first President of Namibia | |
May 12th, 1928 (May 12 1928) | Birth | Burt Bacharach, American composer | |
May 12th, 1928 (May 12 1928) | Birth | Henry Cosby, African-American songwriter (died in 2002) | |
May 12th, 1926 (May 12 1926) | Event | UK General Strike 1926: in the United Kingdom, a nine-day general strike by trade unions ends. | |
May 12th, 1925 (May 12 1925) | Birth | Yogi Berra, American baseball player | Yogi Berra Quotes |
May 12th, 1925 (May 12 1925) | Death | Amy Lowell, American poet (born in 1874) | Amy Lowell Quotes |
May 12th, 1924 (May 12 1924) | Birth | Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian mathematician | |
May 12th, 1924 (May 12 1924) | Birth | Tony Hancock, British comedian (died in 1968) | |
May 12th, 1922 (May 12 1922) | Birth | Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (died in 1998) | |
May 12th, 1921 (May 12 1921) | Birth | Joseph Beuys, German artist (died in 1986) | |
May 12th, 1921 (May 12 1921) | Birth | Farley Mowat, Canadian writer and naturalist | |
May 12th, 1918 (May 12 1918) | Birth | Julius Rosenberg, Soviet spy (died in 1953) | |
May 12th, 1917 (May 12 1917) | Birth | Frank Clair, Canadian football coach (died in 2005) | |
May 12th, 1916 (May 12 1916) | Death | James Connolly, Irish socialist (born in 1868) | |
May 12th, 1915 (May 12 1915) | Birth | Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (died in 2001) | |
May 12th, 1914 (May 12 1914) | Birth | Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet (died in 1993) | |
May 12th, 1914 (May 12 1914) | Birth | Howard K. Smith, American journalist (died in 2002) | |
May 12th, 1912 (May 12 1912) | Birth | Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General (died in 2004) | |
May 12th, 1910 (May 12 1910) | Birth | Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (died in 1996) | |
May 12th, 1910 (May 12 1910) | Birth | Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British biochemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1994) | Crowfoot Quotes |
May 12th, 1907 (May 12 1907) | Birth | Leslie Charteris, British author and screenwriter (died in 1993) | |
May 12th, 1907 (May 12 1907) | Birth | Katharine Hepburn, American actress (died in 2003) | Katharine Hepburn Quotes |
May 12th, 1907 (May 12 1907) | Death | Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (born in 1848) | |
May 12th, 1903 (May 12 1903) | Birth | Wilfrid Hyde-White, British actor (died in 1991) | |
May 12th, 1900 (May 12 1900) | Birth | Helene Weigel, German actress (died in 1971) | |
May 12th, 1899 (May 12 1899) | Birth | Indra Devi, Latvian Yoga Instructor (died in 2002) | |
May 12th, 1895 (May 12 1895) | Birth | William Giauque, American chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1982) | |
May 12th, 1895 (May 12 1895) | Birth | Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (died in 1986) | Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes |
May 12th, 1892 (May 12 1892) | Birth | Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (died in 1970) | |
May 12th, 1890 (May 12 1890) | Event | The first-ever official County Championship match begins. Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by eight wickets at Bristol. George Ulyett scores the first century in the competition. | |
May 12th, 1889 (May 12 1889) | Birth | Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (died in 1980) | Anne Frank Quotes |
May 12th, 1889 (May 12 1889) | Death | John Cadbury, English chocolate entrepreneur (born in 1801) | |
May 12th, 1885 (May 12 1885) | Event | North-West Rebellion: the four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Metis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat. | |
May 12th, 1884 (May 12 1884) | Death | Bedrich Smetana, Czech composer (born in 1824) | |
May 12th, 1881 (May 12 1881) | Event | In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate. | |
May 12th, 1880 (May 12 1880) | Birth | Lincoln Ellsworth, American scientist (died in 1951) | |
May 12th, 1876 (May 12 1876) | Death | Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary, brutally killed by the Turks (born in 1843) | |
May 12th, 1874 (May 12 1874) | Birth | Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician (died in 1929) | |
May 12th, 1873 (May 12 1873) | Event | Oscar II of Sweden-Norway is crowned King of Sweden. | |
May 12th, 1871 (May 12 1871) | Death | Anselme Payen, French physicist (born in 1795) | |
May 12th, 1870 (May 12 1870) | Event | The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15. | |
May 12th, 1867 (May 12 1867) | Birth | Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (died in 1938) | |
May 12th, 1867 (May 12 1867) | Death | Friedrich William Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist (born in 1795) | |
May 12th, 1865 (May 12 1865) | Event | American Civil War: the Battle of Palmito Ranch: the first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory. | |
May 12th, 1864 (May 12 1864) | Event | American Civil War: the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die in "the Bloody Angle". | |
May 12th, 1864 (May 12 1864) | Death | J. E. B. Stuart, American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate Army general (born in 1833) | |
May 12th, 1863 (May 12 1863) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: two divisions of James B. McPherson s XVII Corps (ACW) turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton s defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign. | Gene Ray Quotes |
May 12th, 1862 (May 12 1862) | Event | U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana. | |
May 12th, 1860 (May 12 1860) | Death | Charles Barry, English architect (born in 1795) | |
May 12th, 1859 (May 12 1859) | Death | Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (born in 1791) | |
May 12th, 1856 (May 12 1856) | Death | Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (born in 1786) | |
May 12th, 1850 (May 12 1850) | Birth | Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. statesman (died in 1924) | Henry Cabot Lodge Quotes |
May 12th, 1845 (May 12 1845) | Birth | Gabriel Faure, French composer (died in 1924) | |
May 12th, 1845 (May 12 1845) | Death | Janos Bacsanyi, Hungarian poet (born in 1763) | |
May 12th, 1842 (May 12 1842) | Birth | Jules Massenet, French composer (died in 1912) | |
May 12th, 1829 (May 12 1829) | Birth | Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (died in 1896) | |
May 12th, 1828 (May 12 1828) | Birth | Dante Gabriel Rossetti, British poet (died in 1882) | Dante Gabriel Rossetti Quotes |
May 12th, 1821 (May 12 1821) | Event | The first big battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks occurs in Valtetsi. | |
May 12th, 1820 (May 12 1820) | Birth | Florence Nightingale, British nurse (died in 1910) | Florence Nightingale Quotes |
May 12th, 1812 (May 12 1812) | Birth | Edward Lear, British author and poet (died in 1888) | |
May 12th, 1806 (May 12 1806) | Birth | Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (died in 1881) | |
May 12th, 1804 (May 12 1804) | Birth | Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (died in 1858) | |
May 12th, 1803 (May 12 1803) | Birth | Justus von Liebig, German chemist (died in 1873) | |
May 12th, 1801 (May 12 1801) | Death | Nicholas Repnin, Russian statesman (born in 1734) | |
May 12th, 1798 (May 12 1798) | Death | George Vancouver, British navy officer and explorer (born in 1757) | |
May 12th, 1797 (May 12 1797) | Event | First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice. | |
May 12th, 1796 (May 12 1796) | Death | Johann Peter Uz, German poet (born in 1720) | |
May 12th, 1792 (May 12 1792) | Death | Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (born in 1710) | |
May 12th, 1784 (May 12 1784) | Death | Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (born in 1710) | Abraham Quotes |
May 12th, 1780 (May 12 1780) | Event | American Revolutionary War: Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces. | |
May 12th, 1767 (May 12 1767) | Birth | Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (died in 1851) | |
May 12th, 1759 (May 12 1759) | Death | Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (born in 1700) | |
May 12th, 1748 (May 12 1748) | Death | Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (born in 1692) | |
May 12th, 1725 (May 12 1725) | Birth | Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orleans (died in 1785) | |
May 12th, 1708 (May 12 1708) | Death | Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born in 1658) | |
May 12th, 1700 (May 12 1700) | Birth | Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect (died in 1773) | |
May 12th, 1700 (May 12 1700) | Death | John Dryden, English writer (born in 1631) | |
May 12th, 1699 (May 12 1699) | Death | Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (born in 1626) | |
May 12th, 1689 (May 12 1689) | Event | King William s War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg starting a war with France. | William King Quotes |
May 12th, 1684 (May 12 1684) | Death | Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest | |
May 12th, 1670 (May 12 1670) | Birth | Frederick Augustus I of Poland (died in 1733) | |
May 12th, 1641 (May 12 1641) | Death | Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, English statesman (born in 1593) | |
May 12th, 1634 (May 12 1634) | Death | George Chapman, English writer | |
May 12th, 1626 (May 12 1626) | Birth | Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (died in 1705) | |
May 12th, 1622 (May 12 1622) | Birth | Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (died in 1698) | |
May 12th, 1590 (May 12 1590) | Birth | Cosimo II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died in 1621) | |
May 12th, 1588 (May 12 1588) | Event | French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry of Guise enters the city. | |
May 12th, 1551 (May 12 1551) | Event | National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru. | |
May 12th, 1496 (May 12 1496) | Birth | Gustav I of Sweden (died in 1560) | |
May 12th, 1465 (May 12 1465) | Death | Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea | |
May 12th, 1401 (May 12 1401) | Birth | Emperor Shoko (died in 1428) | |
May 12th, 1382 (May 12 1382) | Death | Queen Joan I of Naples (born in 1327) | |
May 12th, 1364 (May 12 1364) | Event | Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, is founded in Krakow, Poland. | |
May 12th, 1328 (May 12 1328) | Event | Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice. | |
May 12th, 1264 (May 12 1264) | Event | The Battle of Lewes, between King Henry III of England and the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, begins. | |
May 12th, 1191 (May 12 1191) | Event | Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. | |
May 12th, 1012 (May 12 1012) | Death | Pope Sergius IV | |
May 12th, 1003 (May 12 1003) | Death | Pope Silvester II | |