12 August - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on August 12, the day number in a year is 224 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 225. August 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.
August 12 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 30 | Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the EgyptianPtolemaic dynasty, committed suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite. |
| 1323 | Sweden and the Novgorod Republic signed the Treaty of Nöteborgto temporarily end the Swedish–Novgorodian Wars. |
| 1549 | French armies captured the ambulances of England. |
| 1602 | Emperor Akbar's minister Abul Fazal was killed at the behest of Salim Mirza, who later became Emperor Jahangir. |
| 1665 | The English fleet defeated the Dutch fleet. |
| 1676 | Puritans and their Native American allies killed Wampanoagsachem Metacomet (known as 'King Philip'), essentially ending KingPhilip's War. |
| 1765 | The Mughal ruler handed over the Diwali of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the East India Company. It is considered an important event in political and constitutional history. |
| 1812 | Peninsular War: After the Battle of Salamanca, the combined English and Portuguese forces under the command of Wellington entered Madrid. |
| 1813 | Austria declared war on France. |
| 1822 | St. David's College was founded in modern day University of Wales, Lampeter) Wales by Bishop Thomas Burgess of St. Wales. |
| 1833 | The city of Chicago was established in America. |
| 1873 | A peace treaty was signed between the Khiva of Imperial Russia and Khanate, making it a Russian protectorate. |
| 1877 | American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Deimos, the smallerof the two moons of Mars. |
| 1879 | The first National Archery Association tournament was set in Chicago. |
| 1883 | The last known quagga, a subspecies of the plains zebra, diedat the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam. |
| 1898 | Spanish-American War: American and Spanish Forces Abolished in Cuba. |
| 1908 | Henry Ford's car company created the first car model. |
| 1909 | The Indianapolis Motor Speed Way opened in the United States. |
| 1919 | Vikram Sarabhai, the father of the Indian space program, was born in Ahmedabad. |
| 1920 | The Warsaw battle between Poland and Russia began. |
| 1927 | Burdo Thodol was first published as The Tibetan Book of the Dead in the United States. |
| 1936 | Diver Marjorie Gestring became the youngest Olympic gold medalist of 13 years (268 days). |
| 1944 | After a week of indiscriminate killing of civilians in Wola,Warsaw, Poland, SS General Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski ordered that anyremaining Poles be sent to labour or concentration camps. |
| 1944 | The Battle of Falize Pocket began. |
| 1950 | Korean War-Members of the North Korean People's Army executed 75 captured U.S. Army prisoners of war. |
| 1952 | Thirteen Jewish poets in Moscow were executed for espionagebased on false confessions. |
| 1955 | The famous German novelist Thomas Mann died. He gained a lot of fame from his The Magic Mountain novel. |
| 1961 | The Federal Maritime Commission was established in the United States. |
| 1964 | Due to the IOC conditions, including the refusal regarding demolishing its’ Apartheid Policies, South Africa are barred from the Olympic games in Tokyo. South Africa was not permitted into the Olympics in 1992 even after 28 years suspension. |
| 1969 | Riots erupted in the Bogside area of Derry and spread acrossmuch of Northern Ireland. |
| 1971 | Syria ended diplomatic relations with Jordan due to a border dispute. |
| 1972 | Oil tankers hit Oswega Guardian and Texanita Stillby, South Africa. |
| 1981 | IBM disclosed its first personal computer, the IBM 5150, which was sold at the price of $1,600 as a basic figure, but to buy fully functional PC with 64 kb of RAM and a single 5 1/4 inch floppy drive and monitor cost $3,005. |
| 1981 | The IBM Personal Computer, the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform, was introduced. |
| 1981 | IBM introduced its first personal computer, which was priced at 16 thousand dollars. |
| 1985 | Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed into the ridge of MountTakamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520 of 524 on board inthe world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster. |
| 1985 | Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed in Japan, killing 520 people, the worst single plane crash in history) |
| 1990 | The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex is found in Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota. It seems to be the most complete skeletons of T-Rex ever found and is named after Sue Hendrickson, the paleontologist who discovered her. Sue (T-Rex) can now be admired at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois |
| 1990 | American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found the most completeskeleton of a Tyrannosaurus ever discovered near Faith, South Dakota,US. |
| 1990 | The skeletons of Tyrannosaurus rex or were found by the researchers. With the help of this skeleton, scientists came to know many things about the process of development of organisms. |
| 2000 | The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navyexploded and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise. |
| 2002 | Russia's nuclear submarine sank after a blast that killed all 118 people on board. |
| 2005 | In an attempt to immigrate to the United States, 104 Ecuadorians are killed when their ship sinks in the Pacific Ocean. However, 9 people have been rescued after staying in the sea for two days. |
| 2007 | Fossilized remains of an ancient cypress forest projected to be about 8 million years old are found in a coal mine in Bükkábrány, Hungary. |
| 2008 | The United States Department of the Treasury puts restrictions on five Iranian companies for aiding the development of the nuclear program of Iran. |
| 2009 | Astronomers have discovered a planet called WASP-17b, It is the first planet that orbits in the opposite direction to the spin of its star. |
| 2009 | India's famous economist C. Rangarajan was appointed as the chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council. |
| 2010 | Scientists declare the discovery of a chemical compound that destroys the reproduction abilities of bacteria, which are antibiotic-resistant. |
| 2012 | The 30th Olympic Games ended in London. |
| 2013 | India launches its first aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant. |
| 2014 | Artur Avila, ManjulBhargava, Martin Hairer, and Maryam Mirzakhani are presented with Fields Medals. Mirzakhani became the first female and the first Iranian Fields medalist ever. |
Famous Birthdays of August 12:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1928 | Dan Curtis / Producer / United States of America |
| 1891 | John McDermott / Golfer / United States of America |
| 1956 | Bruce Greenwood / Actor / Canada |
| 1867 | Edith Hamilton / Author / United States of America |
| 1981 | Djibril Cissé / Footballer / France |
| 1859 | Katharine Lee Bates / Poet / United States of America |
| 1926 | John Derek / Actor / United States of America |
| 1954 | François Hollande / Politician / France |
| 1938 | Jean-Paul L'Allier / Politician / Canada |
| 1881 | Cecil B. DeMille / Producer / United States of America |
| 1945 | Ron Mael / Writer / United States of America |
| 1941 | Dana Ivey / Actress / United States of America |
| 1967 | Andy Hui / Singer / China |
| 1686 | John Balguy / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1976 | Mikko Lindström / Guitarist / Finland |
| 1925 | Donald Justice / Poet / United States of America |
| 1980 | Javier Chevantón / Footballer / Uruguay |
| 1931 | William Goldman / Author / United States of America |
| 1988 | Matt Gillett / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1960 | Greg Thomas / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 1971 | Yvette Nicole Brown / Actress / United States of America |
| 1774 | Robert Southey / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 1916 | Ioan Dicezare / Pilot / Romania |
| 1983 | Manoa Vosawai / Rugby Player / Italy |
| 1970 | Aleksandar Đurić / Footballer / Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1976 | Wednesday 13 / Writer / United States of America |
| 1978 | Chris Chambers / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1968 | Thorsten Boer / Footballer / Germany |
| 1976 | Richard McCourt / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1919 | Vikram Sarabhai / Scientist / India |
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