February 12th, 1689

Born on February 12th, 1689

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What happened on February 12th, 1689?

February 12th, 1689

The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_Parliament_(1689)

What else happened on February 12th?

February 12th, 2003

Protesters in La Paz and the Bolivian government brokered a deal to end two days of rioting against a proposed salary tax.

February 12th, 1994

Edvard Munch's painting The Scream (pictured) was stolen from the National Gallery of Norway.

February 12th, 1945

A devistating tornado outbreak across Mississippi and Alabama kills 45 people and injures 427 others.

February 12th, 1691

A papal conclave convened to select a new pope after the death of Pope Alexander VIII.

February 12th, 1894

Ère des attentats: In one of the first acts of modern terrorism, Émile Henry threw a bomb into Café Terminus (depicted) in Paris, France, killing one person and injuring 17 more.

February 12th, 2016

In the first meeting between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow signed the Havana Declaration at José Martí International Airport in Cuba.

February 12th, 2009

Just before landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York, killing the house's occupant and all 49 people on board the aircraft.

February 12th, 2001

The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

February 12th, 1993

Two-year-old James Bulger was led away from New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, England, and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, who became the youngest convicted murderers in modern English history.

February 12th, 1947

The French fashion company Dior unveiled its New Look collection (suit pictured), which revolutionized women's dress and re-established Paris as the centre of the fashion world after World War II.

February 12th, 1946

African-American U.S. Army veteran Isaac Woodard was severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer and lost sight in both eyes, an incident that galvanized the civil rights movement.

February 12th, 1942

The Imperial Japanese Army initiated the Battle of Pasir Panjang in Kent Ridge Park in Singapore.

February 12th, 1935

USS Macon, one of the largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

February 12th, 1924

George Gershwin's composition Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 12th

Same year
Born in 1689

66

Montesquieu

French philosopher

*January 18th, 1689, Château de la Brède †February 10th, 1755, Paris

54

Nicolas Lancret

French painter (1690-1743)

*January 22nd, 1689, Paris †September 14th, 1743, Paris

71

Samuel Richardson

English writer and printer (1689–1761)

*August 19th, 1689, Derbyshire †July 4th, 1761, London

60

John V of Portugal

Portuguese king (1689-1750)

*October 22nd, 1689, Lisbon †July 31st, 1750, Lisbon

78

Gaspare Diziani

Italian painter (1689-1767)

*January 24th, 1689, Belluno †August 17th, 1767, Venice

30

Marie Anne de Bourbon

French noble

*April 18th, 1689, Versailles †March 21st, 1720, Paris

64

Johann Christian Adami

German theologian (1689-1753)

*March 17th, 1689, Lübben †December 1st, 1753, Luckau

66

Gebhard Christian Bastineller

German civil law notary

*May 15th, 1689, Halle (Saale) †October 19th, 1755, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

73

Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg

Politician

*March 3rd, 1689, Stockholm †January 13th, 1763, Äs

52

Jan Josef Ignác Brentner

Czech composer

*November 3rd, 1689, Dobřany †June 28th, 1742, Dobřany

11

Prince William, Duke of Gloucester

Son of Queen Anne

*July 24th, 1689, Hampton Court Palace †July 30th, 1700, Windsor Castle

82

Jan Klemens Branicki

Polish noble (1689-1771)

*September 21st, 1689, Białystok †October 9th, 1771, Białystok

61

Johann Christoph Richter

German merchant and naturalist (1689-1751)

*October 29th, 1689, Leipzig †February 27th, 1751, Leipzig

61

Jacques I, Prince of Monaco

Prince consort of Monaco

*November 21st, 1689, Torigni-sur-Vire †April 23rd, 1751, Hôtel Matignon

54

Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria

Austrian Royal

*March 26th, 1689, Vienna †May 1st, 1743, Vienna

73

Mary Wortley Montagu

Noblewoman; writer and poet from England, editor (1689-1762)

*May 15th, 1689, Nottingham †August 21st, 1762, Nottingham

81

Pierre-Joseph Alary

French ecclesiastic and writer

*March 19th, 1689, Paris †December 15th, 1770

52

Blas de Lezo

Spanish admiral (1689-1741)

*February 3rd, 1689, birth house of Blas de Lezo †September 7th, 1741, Cartagena de Indias

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1689 is a normal year and no leap year.

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