June 12 in History – What happened on 12 June in Past
✅ Published on June 12th, 2020 in June in History 12 June - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on June 12, the day number in a year is 163 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 164. June 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.
June 12 in History - Top Historical Events ⚡
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1240 | The Disputation of Paris began in the court of King Louis IX, in which four rabbis defended the Talmud against Nicholas Donin'saccusations of blasphemy. |
| 1381 | The first mass protest in the Peasants' Revolt began in Blackheath, England, with Lollard priest John Ball asking a crowd, 'When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?' |
| 1653 | The naval Battle of the Gabbard took place during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the Gabbard shoal off the coast of Suffolk, England between fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces. The battle ended with the Dutch losing in total 17 ships, of which 6 sank and 11 were captured. |
| 1665 | New Amsterdam legally became part of Britain and was named New York after the Duke of York. |
| 1691 | Pope Alexander the Eighth) replaced the Innocent twelfth. |
| 1716 | Legendary Sikh military commander Banda Bahadur was executed by the Mughals. Banda Bahadur is remembered for fighting the Mughal Empire, eliminating Zamindari system, killing Wazir Khan at SirHind and nurturing Khalsa Panth. On 7 December 1715 Banda Bahadur was captured from the Gurdas Nangal fort. He was executed on 9 June 1716, after 3 months of confinement and torture. |
| 1776 | The Fifth Virginia Convention adopted a declaration of rights,a hugely influential document that proclaimed the inherent rights ofmen. |
| 1787 | US law was passed, making it mandatory for the senator to be at least 30 years old. |
| 1798 | The Battle of Ballynahinch was fought outside Ballynahinch, County Down, during the Irish rebellion of 1798 between British forces led by Major-General George Nugent and the local United Irishmen led by Henry Munro. Initial reports claimed four hundred rebels were killed, while British losses were around forty. |
| 1817 | The German inventor Karl Drasse drove his earliest horse ("Dreissen " or Loughmaskine), the earliest form of the bicycle, in Mannheim. |
| 1830 | France started the process of colonization of Algeria. |
| 1852 | Taiping Rebellion: Taiping forces entered Hunan. |
| 1864 | Union General Ulysses S. Grant pulled his troops out of theBattle of Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia, ending one of the bloodiest, most lopsided battles in the American Civil War. |
| 1889 | Runaway passenger carriages collided with a following trainnear Armagh, present-day Northern Ireland, killing 80 people. |
| 1889 | 88 people died in Armagh rail disaster in Ireland. |
| 1898 | Philippine Declaration of Independence. It was proclaimed in Cavite II el Viejo present-day Kawit, Cavite, with the public reading of the Act of the Declaration of independence, Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of Spain. |
| 1899 | The New Richmond tornado killed 117 people and injured 125others in the northern Great Plains of the United States. |
| 1905 | The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra by Gopal Krishna Gokhale who left the Deccan Education Society to form this association. Along with him were a small group of educated Indians like Natesh Appaji Dravid, Gopal Krishna Deodhar and Anant Patwardhan who wanted to promote social and human development and overthrow the British rule in India. |
| 1914 | Greek Massacre: Ottoman Greeks were killed in Fokia by Turkish irregular soldiers. |
| 1926 | Brazil decided to come out of the League of Nations. |
| 1939 | Byron Nelson Won Open |
| 1942 | On her thirteenth birthday, Anne Frank began keeping her diaryduring the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. |
| 1952 | The then Soviet Union declared the peace treaty with Japan illegal. |
| 1954 | Pope Pius XII canonised Dominic Savio, who was 14 years oldwhen he died, to make him the youngest non-martyr saint in the RomanCatholic Church. |
| 1963 | African American civil rights activist Medgar Evers wasmurdered by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith. |
| 1964 | Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment for agitating against apartheid in South Africa. |
| 1967 | Venera 4 was launched. Venera was a probe in the Soviet Venera program for the exploration of Venus. It was the first successful probe to perform in-place analysis of the environment of another planet. It may also have been the first probe to land on another planet. |
| 1968 | The us The film Baby of Rosemary was published. |
| 1975 | The Allahabad High Court convicted the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in electoral corruption. |
| 1987 | Cold War-During a speech at Berlin's Branden burg Gate by the Berlin Wall, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall!' |
| 1990 | Indian National Satellite (INSAT-1D) launched. This is an operational multi-purpose communication and meteorology satellite. It is still in service. It was launched by US Delta launch vehicle, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, USA. It was a multipurpose geo-stationary satellite launched by ISRO to satisfy the telecommunications, broadcasting, meteorology, and search and rescue operations. |
| 1990 | Russia Day is the national holiday of the Russian Federation, celebrated on June 12. It has been celebrated every year since 1992. The First Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on June 12, 1990. |
| 1991 | Boris Yeltsin became the then President of the Russian Republic. |
| 1994 | The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, makes its first flight. The Boeing 777 is a family of long-range wide-body twin-engine jet airliners developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the world's largest twinjet and has a typical seating capacity for 314 to 451 passengers. |
| 1994 | The world's largest twinjet aircraft, the Boeing 777, took its first flight. |
| 1996 | H. D. Deve Gowda wins vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha and ruled as head of the United Front coalition. He is the member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing the Hassan constituency of Karnataka and also the National President of the Janata Dal (Secular) party, and enjoys strong support in Vokkaliga community which is at the forefront of the state politics. |
| 1999 | In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the KosovoWar, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered Kosovo with a mandate of establishing a secure environment in the territory. |
| 2001 | Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month long letter bomb campaign against the British supermarket chain Tesco. |
| 2002 | The International Labor Organization (ILO), the United Nations body which regulates the ‘world of work’, launched the World Day against Child Labor in 2002 in order to bring attention and join efforts to fight against child labor. This day brings together governments, local authorities, civil societies and international worker’s and employer’s organizations to point out the child labor problem and define the guidelines to help child laborers. |
| 2002 | World Child Labor Prohibition Day began. |
| 2008 | The South Asian Football Federation has hosted the sixth SAIF Football Championship for the year 2009. |
Famous Birthdays of June 12 😀:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1992 | Laura Jones / Gymnast / United Kingdom |
| 1985 | Sam Thaiday / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1959 | John Linnell / Writer / United States of America |
| 1988 | Artūrs Bērziņš / Basketball Player / Latvia |
| 1915 | Priscilla Lane / Actress / United States of America |
| 1902 | Hendrik Elias / Politician / Belgium |
| 1928 | Petros Molyviatis / Politician / Greece |
| 1861 | William Attewell / Cricketer / United Kingdom |
| 1916 | Raúl Héctor Castro / Politician / United States of America |
| 1965 | Filip Topol / Singer / Czech Republic |
| 1979 | Dallas Clark / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1977 | Wade Redden / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1939 | Frank McCloskey / Politician / United States of America |
| 1946 | Bobby Gould / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1795 | John Marston / Sailor / United States of America |
| 1982 | Jason David / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1987 | Antonio Barragán / Footballer / Spain |
| 1921 | Christopher Derrick / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1989 | Ibrahim Jeilan / Runner / Ethiopia |
| 1958 | Rory Sparrow / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1913 | Jean Victor Allard / General / Canada |
| 1924 | George H. W. Bush / Politician / United States of America |
| 1987 | Seyi Ajirotutu / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1969 | Heinz-Christian Strache / Politician / Austria |
| 1976 | Antawn Jamison / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1946 | Michel Bergeron / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1942 | Len Barry / Writer / United States of America |
| 1806 | John A. Roebling / Engineer / United States of America |
| 1561 | Anna of Württemberg / Princess / Germany |
| 1800 | Samuel Wright Mardis / Politician / United States of America |
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Aapane abhi padha: 12 Joon Ki Pramukh Aitihasik Ghatnayen.
Read in Hindi : 12 जून की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं