12 January - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, January 12 is the day number 12 in a given year. January 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.
January 12 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1554 | Bayinnaung, who later assembled the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, was crowned king of the Burmese Taungoo Dynasty. |
| 1665 | The French mathematician Pierdi Ferma died. He made many rules related to mathematics which are known by him. |
| 1701 | The Gregorian calendar was adopted in the Netherlands. |
| 1708 | Shahu was crowned Maratha ruler. |
| 1723 | The premiere of George Frederick Handel's opera "Otone" began at the King's Theater in London. |
| 1748 | Ahmad Shah Durani captured Lahore. |
| 1777 | Mission Santa Clara de Asís, a Spanish mission that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara, California and Santa Clara University, was established. |
| 1777 | The mission was founded in Santa Clara de Assis California. |
| 1808 | John Rennie scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Recover, from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture. |
| 1838 | In order to avoid persecution by anti-Mormons, Latter Day Saint Movement founder Joseph Smith and his followers fled Kirtland, Ohio, forFar West, Missouri. |
| 1863 | Swami Vivekananda, an Indian philosopher, spiritual teacher, and teacher who brought yoga to Western countries, was born. |
| 1872 | In Johannes IV Aksum was crowned Ethiopia Emperor, the first ruler of that city in 500 years. |
| 1875 | Guangzhou became the emperor of the 11th Qing Dynasty of China at the age of 4, in succession to his cousin. |
| 1895 | The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded. |
| 1895 | The National Trust was established in the UK. |
| 1899 | During a storm, the crew of the Lynmouth Lifeboat Station Transported their 10-ton lifeboat 15 mi (24 km) overland in order to rescue a damaged schooner. |
| 1904 | Henry Ford set a new automobile land speed record of 147.05 km. |
| 1908 | The long-distance wireless message was sent from the Eiffel Tower in Paris for the first time. |
| 1908 | A long-distance radio message was sent before the Eiffel Tower. |
| 1911 | More than 250 people died due to an earthquake in Russia's city of Vienna. |
| 1915 | The United States delegation rejected the proposal to vote for women. |
| 1916 | Four soldiers were killed in an explosion on the US Navy E-2 submarine of the US Navy at the New York Navy Yard. |
| 1921 | Seeking to restore confidence after the Black Sox Scandal, owners of Major League Baseball teams elected former United States district court judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as the league's first commissioner. |
| 1933 | Romanian Prime Minister Iliu Manu and his entire cabinet resigned after disagreements with King Carol II. |
| 1942 | Japan won the Battle of Tarakan. |
| 1945 | World War II-The Soviet Union's Red Army crossed the Vistula River in Poland on their way to invade Germany. |
| 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi gave his last speech and decided to go on a hunger strike against communal violence. |
| 1954 | The avalanche in Austria killed more than 200 people. |
| 1964 | Rebels led by John Okello overthrew Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar. |
| 1964 | Former India bowler Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maidens in the first Test with England in Madras. This is the record so far in the history of over six balls. |
| 1967 | Seventy-three-year-old psychology professor James Bedford became the first person to be cryogenically frozen with intent of future resuscitation. |
| 1969 | In American football, the New York Jets upset the Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III in one of the greatest upsets in American Sports history. |
| 1970 | Biafra ended the Nigerian Civil War. |
| 1972 | Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, was born. |
| 1976 | Agatha Christie, one of the world's best-known detective novelists, died. |
| 1984 | Every year on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda's birthday, it was announced to celebrate National Youth Day in the country. |
| 1991 | Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. |
| 1995 | Earthquake hits Kobe Japan and cause a lot of destruction and kills about 5092 people. |
| 1997 | Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championship and it was a good victory for him. |
| 1998 | Nineteen European nations agreed to refuse human cloning. |
| 2004 | The world's largest seaplane, the RMS Queen Mary 2, began its maiden voyage. |
| 2005 | Cape Canaveral decided to launch a spacecraft known as Deep Impact spacecraft. |
| 2005 | Famous actor and villain of Indian cinema Amrish Puri passed away. |
| 2007 | Comet McNaught reached perihelion and became the brightest comet in over 40 years with an apparent magnitude of -5.5. |
| 2010 | Due to an earthquake of magnitude of 7.0,Port-au-Prince the capital city of Haiti suffer from a destructive earthquake and it was estimated that 15000 people were killed. |
| 2010 | A 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti, affecting an estimated three million people. |
| 2010 | The earthquake in Haiti killed 2,30,000 people. A large part of the city was destroyed in this. |
| 2011 | World Health Organisation launched a plan to prevent the spread of artemisinin-resistant malaria and to create awareness about it. |
| 2012 | Israel Supreme Court has put a law banning Palestinians from marrying Israel's in order to get citizenship. |
| 2012 | Burmese government and the Karen rebels signed a ceasefire between them, in order to stabilize the situation. |
| 2013 | County Wicklow, Ireland holds funeral services for the Irish mountaineer, Ian McKeever. He was killed by lightning on Mount Kilimanjaro. |
| 2014 | ‘12 years a Slave' was awarded as the best motion picture at the 71st Golden Globe Award. American Hustle also received the ‘Best Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy award' with actress Amy Adams. |
| 2015 | 143 militants of the terrorist organization Boko Haram were killed in an encounter with security forces in Cameroon. |
Famous Birthdays of January 12:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1941 | Fiona Caldicott / Psychiatrist / United Kingdom |
| 1912 | Richard Kuremaa / Footballer / Estonia |
| 1917 | Jimmy Skinner / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1926 | Morton Feldman / Academic / United States of America |
| 1673 | Rosalba Carriera / Painter / Italy |
| 1973 | Brian Culbertson / Producer / United States of America |
| 1951 | Kirstie Alley / Actress / United States of America |
| 1940 | Bob Hewitt / Tennis Player / Australia |
| 1948 | Kenny Allen / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1962 | Luna Vachon / Wrestler / United States of America |
| 1984 | Daniel Sepulveda / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1986 | Miguel Ángel Nieto / Footballer / Spain |
| 1954 | Martin Kylhammar / Professor / Sweden |
| 1953 | Mary Harron / Writer / Canada |
| 1964 | Jeff Bezos / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1894 | Georges Carpentier / Actor / France |
| 1906 | Emmanuel Levinas / Philosopher / France |
| 1901 | Karl Künstler / Army Officer / Germany |
| 1981 | Angus Macdonald / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 1985 | Borja Valero / Footballer / Spain |
| 1878 | Ferenc Molnár / Author / United States of America |
| 1958 | Arun Govil / Actor / India |
| 1933 | Pavlos Matesis / Author / Greece |
| 1925 | Bill Burrud / Producer / United States of America |
| 1971 | Scott Burrell / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1949 | Kentarō Haneda / Pianist / Japan |
| 1908 | Jean Delannoy / Actor / France |
| 1892 | Mikhail Gurevich / Engineer / Russia |
| 1936 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed / Politician / India |
| 1591 | Jusepe de Ribera / Painter / Spain |
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Read in Hindi : 12 जनवरी का इतिहास भारत और विश्व में