April 12 in History

12 April in History – 174 years ago

Return of Pius IX
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Western Mediterranean 1850: Return of Pius IX

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Historical Atlas of North America 1885: North-West Rebellion
North America 1885
North-West Rebellion
In the Canadian northwest, tensions between the mixed ancestry Métis and the encroaching...
Historical Atlas of North America 1861: Attack on Fort Sumter
North America 1861
Attack on Fort Sumter
Despite the Confederacy's declaration of independence, the United States Army still garrisoned a...
Historical Atlas of Western Mediterranean 1850: Return of Pius IX
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Return of Pius IX
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Historical Atlas of Europe 340: Battle of Aquileia
Europe 340
Battle of Aquileia
The eldest of the three sons of Constantine the Great, Constantine II assumed the position of...
 

Starting on 12 April 170

Costoboci cross Danube, raiding as far as Greece*

All Events on 12 April

ends   1941
First German offensive in Western Desert under Rommel
starts   1940
British occupy Faroe Islands
  1927
Forces of Chiang Kaishek violently suppress Chinese Communist organizations in Shanghai
starts   1915
Allies conquer German protectorate of Kamerun
  1876
District of Keewatin created
starts   1876
Anti-British uprising in Fiji
starts   1867
Republicans capture Mexico City
starts   1862
Confederates abandon Arizona
starts   1861
Confederates take Fort Sumter; outbreak of American Civil War
  1850
Pope returns to Rome
  1849
Tuscany recalls Grand Duke Leopold
  1848
German states declare war on Denmark
ends   413
Eastern Roman embassy to the Huns*
  340
Constans kills Constantine II near Aquileia*
ends   340
Constantine II presides over Roman Empire*
starts   261
Valens in revolt in Greece*
ends   249
Pacatian in revolt in Moesia*
  238
Gordians defeated and killed at Carthage
starts   170
Costoboci cross Danube, raiding as far as Greece*
starts   30
Kushans unite Greater Yuezhi tribes*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 12 April for purposes of Omniatlas

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