World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.📜 HISTORY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 12 April 19171914–1918 global conflict
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)
World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg📜 HISTORY🌍 GERMANY🗓️ 12 April 19451939–1945 global conflict
The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.📜 WARS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 12 April 1980Military overthrow and execution of President William Tolbert
During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 12 April 19991999 military operation
Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 CHINA🗓️ 12 April 19271927 anti-communist killings in China
World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.📜 HISTORY🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 12 April 19171914–1918 global conflict
World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg📜 HISTORY🌍 GERMANY🗓️ 12 April 19451939–1945 global conflict
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
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
American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter📜 POLITICS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 12 April 18611861–1865 conflict in the United States