Events on Jun 12

• 1523Frisian rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested
• 1534Turkish Admiral Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder Naples
• 1552Land guardians of the Netherlands attacks Verdun
• 1553King Edward VI accept Archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles"
• 1575William of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
• 1665English rename New Amsterdam, NY, after Dutch pull out
• 1672French army under General Turenne crosses Rhine at Lobith
• 1683Rye House-plot against English King Charles II uncovered
• 1691Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII
• 1701Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover
• 1714Prussia and Russia sign secret treaty
• 17751st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br)
• 1776Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
• 1787Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
• 1792George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC
• 1812Napoleon invades Russia
• 1819Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra
• 1838Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Massachusetts
• 1838Iowa Territory forms
• 18391st baseball game played in America
• 1840Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands
• 1845George Abernethy becomes 1st Governor of Oregon Country
• 1849Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville Ky)
• 1859Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
• 1861Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state
• 1864Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley
• 1867Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
• 18801st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleveland
• 1885Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France
• 1889Single tornado kills 119, injures 146 (New Richmond Wisc)

Born on Jun 12

• 1468Juan del Encina: Composer
• 1519Cosmos de Medici: Art Patron (Accademia del Disegno)
• 1526Marc-Antoine de Muret: Composer
• 1599Jan W van Brederode: Governor (Hertogenbosch) / Field Marshal
• 1771Patrick Gass: Falling Springs, Pennsylvania -- Sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
• 1795John Marston, Jr.: Comm (Union Navy), died in 1885
• 1798Samuel Cooper: Secretary of War / General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
• 1819Charles Kingsley [Parson Lot]: England, United Kingdom -- Vicar / historian (Westward Ho!)
• 1821Henry Moses Judah: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
• 1825John Cook: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
• 1829Johanna Spyri: Switzerland -- Writer (Heidi)
• 1842Rikard Nordraak: Composer
• 1851Oliver Joseph Lodge: England, United Kingdom -- Early radio pioneer
• 1857Achille Simonetti: Composer
• 1874Willem Louis Frederic Landre: Composer
• 1876Narciso Garay: Composer
• 1877Thomas C Hart: US Admiral (Asiatic fleet)
• 1878James O Curwood: United States -- Journalist / writer (Kazan the wolfdog)
• 1881Juan de Hernandez: Composer
• 1885Werner Erich Josten: Elberfeld, Germany -- Composer (Jungle)
• 1890Egon Schiele: Austrian painter / graphic artist
• 1892John Donald Robb: Composer
• 1893Kommer Kleijn: Dutch actor / radio play director (Paul Vlaanderen)
• 1897Alexandre Tansman: Lodz, Poland -- Composer (Dyptique)
• 1897Anthony Eden: Earl of Avon (C), British Prime Minister (1955-57)
• 1900Amadeo Roldan: Composer
• 1900Betsy van Es: Flemish actress (Sonna)
• 1902Hendrik J Elias: Flemish historian / (mayor-Ghent)
• 1904Eino Roiha: Composer
• 1907Giorgio Nataletti: Composer

Died on Jun 12

• 0816Leo III: Italian Pope (795-816)
• 1231Antonius van Padua [Fernando M de Bulhom]: Port minister, dies at 35
• 1490Adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem: Peace of Tours, murdered at about 39
• 1616Cornelis F Schuyt: Dutch Organist / Composer (Madrigalen)
• 1675Charles Emanuel II: Duke of Savoy (1638-75), dies at 40
• 1687Jurriaen van Streeck: Dutch still life painter, buried
• 1761Meinrad Spiess: Composer, dies at 77
• 1778Philip Livingston: US Merchant (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 62
• 1788Johann A Cramer: Prime Minister / poet, dies at 65
• 1789Jean E Liotard [Turk]: Swiss Painter (Maria-Theresia)
• 1850Jean V Constant de Rebecque: Swiss / Dutch army leader, dies at 77
• 1853John C de Jonge: Dutch Historian / archivist, dies at 60
• 1858Cornelis Smit: Dutch ship builder / ship owner, dies at 74
• 1858William Horsley: Composer, dies at 83
• 1878Hendrik J Jut: Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26
• 1887Gustav Weber: Composer, dies at 41
• 1888Carel Vosmaer: Art Historian / Poet / editor (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 62
• 1917Maria Teresa Carreno: Composer, dies at 63
• 1922Wolfgang Kapp: German politician (Kapp putsch 1920), dies at 63
• 1928Salvador Diaz Miron: Mexicans poet
• 1932Theodorus Heemskerk: Lawyer / Dutch Secretary of State (1866..88), dies at 79
• 1936Isidore Weiss: French world checker champion
• 1936Karl Kraus: Writer, dies at 62
• 1942Walter Leigh: Composer, dies at 36
• 1946Count Hisaichi Terauchi: Japanese Field Marshal
• 1947Jazeps Medins: Composer, dies at 70
• 1952Michael von Faulhaber: Cardinal / Archbishop of Munich, dies at 83
• 1957James F "Jimmy" Dorsey: US orchestra leader, dies at 53
• 1962John N Ireland: English Composer / pianist (Epic March), dies at 82
• 1963Andrew Browne: Irish / British Admiral (Cape Matapan, WWII), dies at 80

Historical events on June 13

• 1325Sheik Ibn Battuta begins 1st world trip, Tangiers to Mecca
• 1392Assassination attempt on Pierre de Craon Van Clisson of France, fails
• 1547King Ferdinand of Austria subjects himself on Turkish Sultan Suleiman
• 1611John Fabricius dedicates earliest sunspot publication
• 1625English King Charles I marries French Princess Henriette
• 1633Charter for Maryland is given to Lord Cecil Baltimore
• 1655Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater
• 1665Sea battle at Lowestoft: English fleet beats Dutch
• 1721England signs Treaty of Madrid
• 1727Spain underwrites Preliminairy of Paris
• 1753Austria, England and Modena sign secret military treaty
• 1774Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves
• 1777Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit
• 1777Marquis de Lafayette lands in US
• 1789Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington
• 1792King Louis XVI fires French government
• 1798Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California
• 1825Walter Hunt patents safety pin
• 18371st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio
• 1863Samuel Butler publishes 1st part of "Erewhon, " Christchurch, New Zealand
• 1863Skirmish at Berryville Virginia
• 1865President Johnson proclaims reconstruction confederate states
• 1866House passes 14th Amendment (Civil rights for blacks)
• 1868Oscar J Dunn (a black) is elected Lt Governor of Louisiana
• 1871Hurricane kills 300 in Labrador
• 1878Congress of Berlin meets to divide African colonization
• 1886Fire destroys nearly 1,000 buildings in Vancouver, BC
• 1888Congress creates Department of Labor
• 1890Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out and named
• 1898Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital

Born on June 13

• 0040Gnaeus Julius Agricola: Roman General; conquered Wales, North England
• 0823Charles II [the Bald]: King of France (843-77) / Emperor (875-77)
• 1539Jost / Jobst / Jodocus Amman: Switzerland -- Cartoonist / graphic artist / illustrator
• 1592Tobias Michael: Composer
• 1612Karel van Croij: Prince of Chimay / Duke of Aarschot
• 1627Fidel Molitor: Composer
• 1701Angelo Antonio Caroli: Composer
• 1736Henryk Klein: Composer
• 1752Fanny Burney: England, United Kingdom -- Author (Camille, Evelina)
• 1757Christian Ludwig Dieter: Composer
• 1761Anton Wranitzky: Composer
• 1763Jose B de Andrada e Silva: Premier of Brazil
• 1765Anton Eberl: Composer
• 1773Thomas Young: British philologist / Physician (light interference)
• 1775Antoni Henryk Radziwill: Composer
• 1786Winfield Scott: Army General (Union) / presidential candidate
• 1795Thomas Arnold: English educator / historian (History of Rome)
• 1806Bernard ter Haar: Dutch vicar / poet / church historian
• 1809George Philip St Cooke: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
• 1820WF Hendrik [the Navigator]: Prince of the Netherlands / Admiral
• 1821Albert duc de Broglie: France -- Premier (1873-74, 1977)
• 1821Gustavus Vasa Fox: Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Union), died in 1883
• 1823Gustave Paul Cluseret: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
• 1824Julius Eichberg: Composer
• 1825Benjamin Jefferson Hill: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
• 1829Antonio Zamara: Composer
• 1831James Clerk Maxwell: Scotish physicist (electromagnetic theory)
• 1854Charles Algernon Parsons: British inventor (steam turbine)
• 1863Josef Venantius von Woss: Composer
• 1865William Butler Yeats: Ireland -- Poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923)

Died on June 13

• 1142Godfried II: Duke of Brabant / Neth-Lotharingen
• 1371Jan V of Virneburg: Bishop of Utrecht (Pledge Vollenhove)
• 1550Johann Spangenberg: Composer, dies at 66
• 1550Veronica Gambara: Italian poet, dies at 64
• 1612Charles van Croij: Prince of Chimay, dies at 51
• 1665Auke Stellingwerf: Lieutenant Admiral of Friesland, dies in battle at about 29
• 1665Egbert Meussen Kortenaer: Vice-admiral, dies in battle at about 29
• 1665Jacob van Wassenaer [Foggy Obdam]: Lieutenant Admiral, dies in battle at 55
• 1810J G Seume: Writer, dies at 47
• 1825Johan Peter Melchior: German sculptor, dies at 82
• 1839Martin-Pierre Dalvimare: Composer, dies at 66
• 1865Cleaveland J Campbell: Union Brigadier General, dies at about 29
• 1873Angelo Maurizio Gaspare Mariani: Composer, dies at 51
• 1886Ludwig II: King of Bavaria, drowns, dies at 40
• 1905Theodoros Delyannis: Premier Greece, murdered
• 1905Tippo-Tip [Hamed ben Mohammed]: Zanzibar merchant, dies at about 67
• 1920Essad Pasja: Albanian military man / minister, murdered at peace confer
• 1927Henry CK "Clan" Petty-Fitzmaurice: Gov of India (1888-94), dies at 82
• 1928Damaso Ledesma: Composer, dies at 60
• 1939Volter A Kilpi: Finnish writer (Suljetuilla Porteilla), dies at 64
• 1946Edward Bowes: Radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour), dies at 71
• 1952Max Pulver: Writer
• 1954Nikolai Obouhov: Composer, dies at 62
• 1961Ben Jones: Missouri, United States -- Whirlaway), dies at 79
• 1962Eugene Goossens: British Composer (Perseus), dies at 69
• 1965Martin Buber: German / Israel philosopher / zionist / theologist, dies at 87
• 1972Clyde L Mcphatter: US singer (Drifters-Without Love), dies at 39
• 1973Alvin Derold Etler: Composer, dies at 60
• 1976Don Bolles: US journalist (against Arizona)
• 1977Tom C Clark: Former Supreme Court Justice (1949-67), dies in New York at 77

Events on Jun 14

• 1565Catharina de Medici and Duke of Alva discuss Calvinism
• 1597At 4:30 AM Willem Barents leaves Novaya Zemlya for Netherlands
• 1615Jacques Le Maire sail to Zuidland / Terra Australis
• 16231st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev Gerville Pooley, Va files against Cicely Jordan, he loses
• 1634Russia and Poland sign Peace treaty of Polianov
• 16421st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts
• 1645Battle at Naseby Leicester: New Model army under Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax beats royalists
• 1647English New Model-army installed
• 1658Battle at Dunes: English and French fleet beat Spanish
• 1673Battle at Schooneveld: Michiel de Ruyter beats French / English fleet
• 17551e edition of Dr Johnsons "Dictionary"
• 1775US Army founded
• 1777Continental Congress adopts Stars and Stripes replacing Grand Union flag
• 1789Captain William Blighs reaches Timor
• 1800Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Bonaparte vs. Austria
• 1834Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine
• 1834Isaac Fischer Jr patents sandpaper
• 1834Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield, Vermont
• 18391st Henley Regatta held
• 18411st Canadian parliament opens in Kingston, Ontario
• 1846Belgian Liberal Party forms
• 1846California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed in Sonoma
• 1846California declares independence from Mexico
• 1847Robert von Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner
• 1863Battle of 2nd Winchester, Virginia
• 1864Congress rules Black soldiers must receive equal pay
• 1864US Union warship USS Kearsarge appears at Cherbourg
• 1870All-pro Cincinnati Red Stockings suffer 1st loss in 130 games
• 18761st player to hit for cycle (George Hall, Philadelphia Athletics)
• 1876California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise

Born on Jun 14

• 1529Ferdinand: Archduke (Austria) / Mayor (Bohemia)
• 1657Cornelis Cruys [Niels Olsen Creutz]: Norwegian / Dutch Admiral
• 1691Jan Francisci: Composer
• 1760Candido Jose Ruano: Composer
• 1763Johannes Simon Mayr: Composer
• 1769Dominique Della-Maria: Composer
• 1805Robert Anderson: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871
• 1820John Bartlett: United States -- Editor (compiled Familiar Quotations)
• 1821Jozef Lies: Flemish painter
• 1835Nikolay Rubinstein: Composer
• 1836Thomas Wilberforce Egan: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1844Edouard Naville: Switzerland -- Egyptologist
• 1854Frederik Rung: Composer
• 1855Robert Marion La Follette: Wisconsin, United States -- Presidential Candidate (Progressive)
• 1856Andrey Markov: Russia -- Mathematician (Markov Chain)
• 1865Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx: Composer
• 1868Karl Landsteiner: Austria -- Immunologist / pathologist (Nobel 1930)
• 1874Edward Bowes: Radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour)
• 1882Ion Antonescu: Fascist Premier / Dictator of Roemenia
• 1882Michael Zadora: Composer
• 1883Lucien Cerfaux: Belgian bible expert
• 1884John McCormack: Irish / US singer (Irish folksongs)
• 1889Victor van Straelen: Flemish biologist / palaeontologist
• 1895Cliff Edwards: Hannibal, Missouri -- Singer (When You Wish Upon a Star)
• 1895Louis Finkelstein: US historian / theologist (Pharizees)
• 1899Kawabata Yasunari: Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968)
• 1900June Walker: Illinois, United States -- Actress (War Nurse, Unforgiven)
• 1903Arthur William Raynes McDonald: Radar Pioneer / pilot
• 1904Benno Ammann: Composer
• 1906Gil Lamb: Minneapolis, Minnesota -- Actor (Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High)

Died on Jun 14

• 1594Orlandus Lassus: Composer (Prophet sybillarum), dies at about 61
• 1594Roland de Lassus: Composer
• 1709Gottfried Wegner: Composer, dies at 65
• 1727Cornelis Cruys: Norwegian / Dutch Admiral, dies at 70
• 1744Andre Campra: Composer, dies at 83
• 1750Franz Anton Maichelbeck: Composer, dies at 47
• 1752Charles-Antoine Coypel: French carpet designer, dies at 57
• 1752Daniel Marot: French / Netherlands, Architect / engraver, dies at about 88
• 1789Johann Wilhelm Hertel: Composer, dies at 61
• 1801Benedict Arnold: Revolutionary War General, dies in London
• 1828Charles Augustus: Grand Duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach
• 1828Charles: Duke of Prussia, dies at 70
• 1864Leonidas Polk: General, killed in action in Battle of Pine Mountain
• 1873Friedrich von Raumer: German Historian / parliamentarian, dies at 92
• 1885Agustin Bethencourt: Venezuelan publisher on Curacao, dies at 58
• 1891Nicolo Gabrielli: Composer, dies at 77
• 1907A Adolf Daens: Belgian priest / politician (CVP)
• 1911Johan Severin Svendsen: Composer, dies at 70
• 1927Johanna C P Barbiers: Actress (Voddenraper of Paris), dies at 79
• 1928Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden: English feminist
• 1933Albert Ross Parsons: Composer, dies at 85
• 1936Gilbert K Chesterton: English writer / Poet (Father Brown)
• 1941Pieter J Kromsigt: Theologist / publicist (John Knox), dies at 74
• 1944Lubor Niederle: Czech archaeologist / slavist, dies at 78
• 1944Robert H Iseley: US pilot / lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle
• 1948Ernst Henrik Ellberg: Composer, dies at 79
• 1948John Blackwood McEwen: Composer, dies at 80
• 1951Hendrik Baels: Belgian politician, dies at 73
• 1960Ana Pauker-Rabensohn: Romanian Foreign Minister (1945-52), dies at 67
• 1960Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov: Composer, dies at 57