About the day » Monday April 12, 1790Calender converter

• Alida Cornelisdr van der Plas, Katwijk
• Anna Maria Dalhues, Alpen
• Bartele Jacobs Tuininga, Harlingen
• Bessel van de Bijtel, Putten († 1854)
• Adrianus Gerardus van der Schelden, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1865)
• Bessel Woutersen van de Bijtel, Huinen, Putten, Gld, NL († 1854)
• Aaldrik Eltjens, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1873)
• Carolina Delphina Castelein, Esen, 8600, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, B († 1809)
• Anna-Elisabeth HUYSMANS († 1866)
• Arnoldus Dobbelsteijn, Berg en Terblijt

• Augustin Dionne-Sansoucy Dionne (87), Cap-St-Ignace, Quebec, Canada
• Anthonij van Helvoirt, Baardwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustin Roy dit Desjardins (88), Ste Anne de La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
• Cecilia De Nolf (0), Gits,8830,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Adrien LÉVECQ (82), Cambron-Saint-Vincent, Henegouwen, België
• Anne Josèphe Cobu (72), Namur, Namur, Belgique
• geertje cornelisdr van der bijl, roelofarendsveen (zuid holland)
• Anna Maria Tees (55), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Ambroise Trudel (53), Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada
• Cornelia KESSELS (47), Beesel, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1748 » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author († 1836)
• 1777 » Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
• 1792 » John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English soldier and politician, Lord Privy Seal († 1840)
• 1794 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer († 1847)
• 1796 » George N. Briggs, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts († 1861)
• 1799 » Henri Druey, Swiss lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1855)
• 1801 » Joseph Lanner, Austrian composer and conductor († 1843)
• 1816 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria († 1903)
• 1823 » Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright and translator († 1886)
• 1839 » Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer († 1888)

• 1704 » Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)
• 1748 » William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)
• 1782 » Metastasio, Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698)
• 1788 » Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (b. 1719)
• 1795 » Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
• 1814 » Charles Burney, English composer and historian (b. 1726)
• 1817 » Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)
• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)

• 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)
• January 8 » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
• July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
• July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
• August 4 » A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
• October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
• October 22 » Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States in the Harmar Campaign.

The temperature on April 12, 1790 was about 3.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw.