On September 12, history records 59 notable events, 228 famous births and 95 deaths, spanning the years 372 to 1846.
Events on this day include: Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi as Emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty. (372); Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos brutally put to death in Constantinople. (1185).
Notable people born on September 12 include John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1415), Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492), Francis I of France (1494).
Notable figures who died on this day include Sak K'uk' (640), Andronikos I Komnenos (1185), Peter II of Aragon (1213).
Events on 12 September 59
See all →Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Xiaowudi, age 10, succeeds his father Jin Jianwendi as Emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty.
Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Battle of Muret.
Battle of Portopí: The Aragonese army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Majorca, with the purpose of conquering the island.
The First Siege of Gibraltar takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada resulting in a Castilian victory.
Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen.
A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
Battle of North Point: an American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812.
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Birthdays on 12 September 228
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Deaths on 12 September 95
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