According to Gregory calendar, on October 12, the day number in a year is 286 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 287. October 12 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
Important Historical Events of 12 October in the World ⚡
Event Year | Incident/Event |
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1398 | The Grand Duke Viyatutas of Lithuania, the Great and Tutonic Nights Grand Master Konrad Von Jungingan signed the Treaty of Salinas, the third attempt to hand over Samogitia to the Nights. |
1492 | Assuming that he had reached the East Indies, Christopher Columbus made a landfall on an island in the Caribbean, causing a series of incidents due to US European colonization. |
1711 | Carell VI was crowned Habsburg Roman Catholic Emperor. |
1730 | Christian VI succeeded Frederick IV as King of Denmark. |
1776 | The British brigade began guarding the Thorg Necas Road in the Bronx. |
1792 | The first Columbus Day celebrations were held in the United States in New York City, 300 years after their arrival in the New World. |
1792 | Christopher Columbus, who discovered America, was dedicated to the first memorial in Baltimore, Maryland. |
1798 | The Flemish rebellion against the French-occupied Boerenkridge began. |
1799 | When she landed at 900 meters (3,000 ft) from a hot air balloon, Janeviv Labrase became the first woman to create the appearance jump (artwork painted). |
1799 | Janné Genevieve Lubrosse became the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute from a height of 900 meters. |
1815 | The former King of Naples sentenced Joachim Murat to death. |
1822 | Pedro-I of Brazil was declared the Constitutional Emperor of Brazil. |
1847 | A German inventor Vonner Von Siemens founded Siemens and Halske, which later became Siemens AG, the largest engineering company in Europe. |
1847 | German inventor and industrialist Werner von Siemens founded Siemens AG and Halske Ko. |
1850 | The first women's medical school, the Women's Medical College of Pens) was opened. |
1854 | Lincoln University was founded as the Ashmun Institute. |
1871 | The British Government enacted the Criminal Tribes Act under which 160 local communities were declared to be criminals. |
1879 | British troops captured Kabul and Afghanistan. |
1892 | The United States Plays of Alziganess was first used in public schools with the opening of the world's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. |
1898 | The first city council was established in Matiur. |
1901 | US President Theodore Roosevelt changed the name of Rashtrapati Bhavan from Executive Manson to the White House. |
1909 | The football team was established in Curitiba, Brazil. |
1910 | John D. opened his first 75-bed hospital at the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research in New York. |
1915 | A German firing squad killed British nurse Edith Cavel to help all friendly soldiers to escape Belgium's occupation. |
1917 | First World War-Nuzeland soldiers suffered 2,735 casualties, including 845 deaths, in the first battle of Paschendele, this is the country's biggest disadvantage in a day. |
1928 | A 'Iron Lung' medical ventilator designed by Philip Dinker and his colleagues at Boston's Childrenhores was first used to treat poliomyelitis. |
1928 | For the first time, a machine named 'Iron Lung ' was used for a child at Children's Hospital in Boston, USA. |
1937 | Federal agents kill Al Brady and his gang members in a firing at Bangore, Main on Columbus Day in 1937. |
1945 | The Nazi party has been asked to spread by The Allied Control Council. It has been warned that any attempt to restore it in any form will be considered a criminal offense. |
1945 | The Communists won the Shangdang campaign. |
1960 | Japan Socialist Party leader Engir Asanuma was murdered using a Samurai sword on a live TV. |
1964 | For the first time in the world, the Soviet Union sent astronauts to space without wearing a space suit. |
1966 | The Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine has been presented to two American doctors, Francis Peetan Rautand Charles B. Hugins. He dedicated his life to battle cancer. |
1968 | Spain declared Equatorial Guinea as its independent. |
1968 | The 19th Summer Olympic Games of XIX Olympiad began in Mexico City, Mexico. |
1968 | Equatorial Guinea, a country located in Central Africa, gained independence from Spain and this day was declared the national day of this country. |
1982 | Thorborn Faldin became the Prime Minister of Sweden. |
1984 | The provisional Irish Republican Army carried out a bomb blast at Bretton, Grand Hotel in England, unsuccessfully attempts to kill Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and most of his cabinet. |
1991 | Iraq's nuclear program is banned by the United Nations Security Council to prevent exploitation and used as cover of secret weapons laboratories. |
1992 | The Cairo earthquake in 1993 killed 543 people and injured more than 6,500. |
1992 | A 5.8 MB earthquake occurred south of Cairo, Egypt, killing 545 people. |
1992 | The earthquake in Egypt's capital, Cairo, killed about 510 people. |
1997 | The massacre on the Falls Road block of Sidi Dawood city in Algeria killed 43 people. |
1998 | The US Parliament passed the online copyright bill. |
1999 | Pakistani General Pervez Musharraf led the military coup against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government. |
2000 | Two suicidal attackers attacked the US Navy destroyer USS. It was probably in anchor in the Aden of Yemen, killing 17 members of its crew, while 39 others were injured. |
2000 | The spacecraft 'Discovery' launched from Florida. |
2002 | A terrorist attack at a nightclub in Bali killed 202 people. |
2004 | Pakistan test-fired the Gauri-1 missile. |
2005 | The People's Republic of China launched the human spacecraft, Shanejho 6 spacecraft with Fee Junlong and Nih Hiseng spent five days in it. |
2008 | A nun Alphonsa Muttathupadathu, a nun from Kerala, sets an example by becoming the first female saint of the Catholic Church. |
2010 | Facebook has received a letter from Greenpeace that has half a million signatures that are asking the company to cut their relations with coal -based electricity. |
2013 | Two million people face loss of electricity and five people are killed when Typhoon Narhiits Philippines. |
2014 | Social activist Evo Morales was elected as the President of Bolivia for the third consecutive time. |
2014 | Evo Morales was again elected President of Bolivia. |
Important Historical Events of 12 October in India ⚡
Event Year | Incident/Event |
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1871 | The Criminal Tribes Act came into force in British India, giving the arrest, control, and monitoring of the activities of 160 tribal or social communities to arrest, control, and monitor activities. |
1967 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a fighter, fierce thinker and socialist politician of India's freedom struggle, died. |
1988 | The Birchandra Manu massacre took place in Tripura, India. |
1988 | Sri Lankan Citizen War-Indian soldiers launched a unsuccessful attack on Jaffna University, which served as the military headquarters of Tamil Tigers. |
2008 | Sister Alphonsa of Kerala became the first female saint of India. |
2009 | India successfully tested its indigenously developed medium -distance missiles in the eastern state of Orissa. |
Important Days of 12 October National & International Days 🏁
Day/Observance | Level |
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World Natural Disaster Prevention Day | International Day |
Ram Manohar Lohia Memorial Day | National Day |
World Arthritis Day | International Day |
Equatorial Guinea Independence Day | National Day |
Famous People's Birthdays on 12 October 😀
Birth Year | Name/Category/Country |
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1911 | Vijay Merchant / Cricketer / India |
1931 | Bhumidhar Barman / Politician / India |
1931 | Kumar Vimal / Writer / India |
1935 | Shivraj Patil / Politician / India |
1935 | Shivraj V Patil / Politician / India |
1946 | Ashok Mankad / Cricketer / India |
1991 | Akshara Haas / Actress / India |
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