About the day Sunday October 12, 1755

Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
February 13 » Treaty of Giyanti signed by VOC, Pakubuwono III and Prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divides the Javanese kingdom of Mataram into 2: Sunanate of Surakarta and Sultanate of Yogyakarta.
July 9 » The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture Fort Duquesne in what is now downtown Pittsburgh.
July 25 » British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
August 10 » Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
September 8 » French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
November 1 » In Portugal, Lisbon is totally devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing between 60,000 and 90,000 people.

Weather

The temperature on October 12, 1755 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: omtrent helder.

Born on October 12

1687 » Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer († 1750)
1710 » Jonathan Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut († 1785)
1725 » Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist († 1810)
1792 » Christian Gmelin, German chemist and pharmacist († 1860)
1798 » Pedro I, emperor of Brazil († 1834)
1801 » Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1873)
1815 » William J. Hardee, American general († 1873)
1838 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland († 1905)

Died on October 12

1654 » Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (b. 1622)
1678 » Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1621)
1679 » William Gurnall, English minister, theologian, and author (b. 1617)
1685 » Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian lawyer and jurist (b. 1628)
1730 » Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway (b. 1671)
1758 » Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
1812 » Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
1845 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, Quaker and philanthropist (b. 1780)

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