April 12 in History
12 April in History – 174 years ago
Western Mediterranean 1850: Return of Pius IX
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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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