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
American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 12 April 18621862 raid during the American Civil War
American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow📜 HISTORY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 12 April 18641864 battle of the American Civil War
One day after its enactment by the Congress📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 12 April 1900Bicameral legislature of the United States federal government
The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 12 April 1934Rate at which air moves from high- to low-pressure areas
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes President upon Roosevelt’s death.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 12 April 1945President of the United States from 1933 to 1945
Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.📜 POLITICS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 12 April 1983Illinois politician and 51st mayor of Chicago
Jim Gary’s “Twentieth Century Dinosaurs” exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington📜 HISTORY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 12 April 1990American artist and sculptor (1939-2006)
During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 12 April 19991999 military operation