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Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
Year 1240
At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis.
Year 1418
Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac and his suspected sympathizers, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre.
Year 1429
Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau.
Year 1550
The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden.
Year 1653
First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard begins and lasts until June 13.
Year 1665
England installs a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam).
Year 1758
French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.
Year 1772
French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand
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Birthdays on 12 June 213
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Deaths on 12 June 93
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