On This Day - May 12

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1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.

1364 – Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, is founded in Kraków, Poland.

1797 – First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.

1941 – Konrad Zuse presents the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.

1999 – David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.

2009 - International Nurses Day, commemorating the birthday of Florence Nightingale in 1820.