April 12 in History

12 April in History – 140 years ago

North-West Rebellion

North America 1885: North-West Rebellion

In the Canadian northwest, tensions between the mixed ancestry Métis and the encroaching... SEE MORE…

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Historical Atlas of North America 1885: North-West Rebellion
North America 1885
North-West Rebellion
In the Canadian northwest, tensions between the mixed ancestry Métis and the encroaching...
Historical Atlas of North America 1861: Attack on Fort Sumter
North America 1861
Attack on Fort Sumter
Despite the Confederacy's declaration of independence, the United States Army still garrisoned a...
 

on 12 April 1850

Pope returns to Rome

All Events on 12 April

ends   1941
First German offensive in Western Desert under Rommel
starts   1940
British occupy Faroe Islands
  1927
Forces of Chiang Kaishek violently suppress Chinese Communist organizations in Shanghai
starts   1915
Allies conquer German protectorate of Kamerun
  1876
District of Keewatin created
starts   1876
Anti-British uprising in Fiji
starts   1867
Republicans capture Mexico City
starts   1862
Confederates abandon Arizona
starts   1861
Confederates take Fort Sumter; outbreak of American Civil War
  1850
Pope returns to Rome
  1849
Tuscany recalls Grand Duke Leopold
  1848
German states declare war on Denmark
starts   170
Costoboci cross Danube, raiding as far as Greece*
starts   30
Kushans unite Greater Yuezhi tribes*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 12 April for purposes of Omniatlas

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