Having received the submission of the prince of Antioch📜 CITIES🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 12 April 1159Ruling monarch of the Principality of Antioch (1098–1268)
The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 12 April 1606Flag of the United Kingdom
American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 12 April 1776Founding of the United States
American Revolution: A Royal Navy fleet led by Admiral George Rodney defeats a French fleet led by the Comte de Grasse at the Battle of the Saintes off Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 12 April 1782Naval warfare force of the United Kingdom
The Froberg mutiny on Malta ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 12 April 18071807 mutiny against the British in Malta
Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 12 April 1831Bridge in Manchester, England, completed in 1826
The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.📜 CITIES🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 12 April 1877Country in northwestern Europe
Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft📜 INVENTIONS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 12 April 1937British Royal Air Force engineer and air officer (1907–1996)
A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 12 April 2007Terrorist attack in Baghdad, Iraq