On This Day in History for October 12
Events in History
- 539 BC The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon
- 638 Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope; Pope Severinus elected
- 642 John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1160 Maurice de Sully is elected bishop of Paris, will initiate plan to build Notre Dame
- 1165 Jewish rabbi and philosopher Moses ben Maimon (aka Maimonides or the Rambam) reaches Jerusalem
- 1216 King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash as the flood tide swamps his wagons, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge
- 1279 Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon
- 1285 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany and are set on fire
- More Events in History
Edward VI
Ramsay MacDonaldWeddings in History
- 1810 First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
- 1822 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" author Victor Hugo (20) weds Adele Fourcher
- 1893 Education pioneer Booker T. Washington (37) weds Margaret James Murray
More Weddings in History
Maximilian II
Elizabeth Fry
Robert E. Lee
Edith Cavell
Eugene BullardOctober in History
Defender of the Faith Henry Rejects Rome
A Pope awarded the title Defender of the Faith to King Henry VIII on this day for staunchly defending the Pontiff’s values. But there was to be an ironic twist.
October 11, 1521
Reagan and Gorbachev
US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet at the Reykjavik Summit in Iceland
October 11, 1986
Edith Cavell – England’s Heroine Nurse
Without fear or favour nurse Edith Cavell tended the wounded in war-torn Europe. She also helped soldiers escape and sadly paid the ultimate price on this day.
October 12, 1915
Copiapó Mine Rescue
A miner kneels to pray after being rescued from the San Jose mine in Copiapó
October 13, 2010