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April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). There are 263 days remaining.

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• 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
• 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople
• 1606 - The Union Jack is adopted as the national flag of Great Britain.
• 1633 - The formal interrogation by the Inquisition of Galileo Galilei begins.
• 1815Events January 3 Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia. January 8 War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans February 3 The first commercial cheese factory is founded in Switzerland February 6 New Jersey g - Mount TamboraMount Tambora (Tomboro) is a volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, nearly in a right line to the eastward of Java. The volcano of Tambora suffered the most violent eruption in modern times. Beginning in early April 1815 and continuing till the midd blows its top during an eruption event that started on April 5April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). There are 270 days remaining. Events 1242 During a battle on the ice of Chudskoye Lake, Russian forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. 1614 In Virginia. 92,000 are killed during this eruption.
• 18611861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 1 Benito Juarez captures Mexico City January 2 Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by Wilhelm I January 3 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United - American Civil WarThe American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the northern states, popularly referred to as "the U. the Union," " the North," or "the Yankees"; and the seceding southern states, commonly referred to as "the Confederat: The warFor other uses of War, see War (disambiguation). War is conflict, between relatively large groups of people, which involves physical force inflicted by the use of weapons. Other terms for war include armed conflict hostilities and police action''. See Lim begins with ConfederateThe Confederate States of America CSA also known as the Confederacy was the confederacy formed by the southern states that seceded from the United States during the period of the American Civil War. The 11 states of the Confederacy were Alabama, Arkansas, forces firing on Fort SumterFort Sumter located in Charleston, South Carolina harbor, was named after General Thomas Sumter. However, the fort is perhaps best known as the site where, according to tradition, the first shots of the United States Civil War were fired. In fact, Souther, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina
• 1864 - American Civil War: Fort Pillow massacre: Confederate forces under General Nathan Bedford Forrest kill most of the African American soldiers who had surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee
• 1865 - American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama falls to the Union Army
• 1877 - The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal
• 1926 - By a vote of 45 to 41, the United States Senate unseats Iowa Senator Smith W. Brookhart and seats Daniel F. Steck, after Brookhart had already served for over one year.
• 1937 - Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at the British Thomson-Houston factory in Rugby, England
• 1945 - Harry S. Truman is inaugurated as the 33rd President of the United States.
• 1946 - Syria gains independence from France
• 1961 - Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to go in to space.
• 1968 - Nerve gas accident at Skull Valley, Utah
• 1975 - Vietnam War: The United States embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia is evacuated as Khmer Rouge troops encircle the city
• 1981 - The first launch of a Space Shuttle: Columbia launches on the STS-1 mission.
• 1990 - Christian Bernard, F.R.C., becomes Imperator of AMORC
• 1992 - Euro Disney opens in Marne-la-Vallee , France
• 2002 - Coup d'Etat against Hugo Chávez in Venezuela