On This Day in History for January 12
Events in History
- 475 Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople
- 1493 Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
- 1528 Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years and becomes known as the "father of the nation"
- 1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, hundreds killed
- 1554 Bayinnaung crowned King of Burma, goes on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia
- 1583 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)
- 1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
- 1616 Brazilian city Belem (the entrance gate to the Amazon) founded by Captain Major Francisco Branco
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Leopoldo GaltieriJanuary in History
World’s First National State Lottery
Lotteries have been around for centuries but on this day the world’s first national state lottery was played out – with fabulous and surprising prizes.
January 11, 1569
Earthquake Devastates Haiti
UN forces patrol the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince after a calamitous earthquake on January 12, 2010 killed as many as 200,000 people
January 12, 2010
Agent Orange in Vietnam
American C-123 spraying chemical defoliant, Agent Orange, on a dense Vietnamese jungle
January 12, 1962
Theodora: An Emperor’s Anchor and Women’s Champion
Once a child prostitute, Theodora went on to become a Roman Empress who put the backbone into her indecisive husband and championed women’s rights.
January 13, 532 AD