On November 12, history records 50 notable events, 176 famous births and 84 deaths, spanning the years 954 to 1912.
Events on this day include: The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom. (954); Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros. (1028).
Notable people born on November 12 include Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont (1450), Johan Rantzau (1492), Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen (1494).
Notable figures who died on this day include Pope Boniface III (607), Livinus (657), Cnut the Great (1035).
Events on 12 November 50
See all →The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom.
Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros.
Battle of Posada: Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army by ambush.
The Second Statute of Repeal re-establishes Roman Catholicism in England under Queen Mary I.
William Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly-independent country.
King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
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Birthdays on 12 November 176
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