All Events

Historical Events on March 12

  • Spanish Empire

    1550

    Several hundred Spanish and indigenous troops under the command of Pedro de Valdivia defeat an army of 60,000 Mapuche at the Battle of Penco during the Arauco War in present-day Chile

  • American Civil War

    1864

    American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as a US Navy fleet of 13 Ironclads and 7 Gunboats and other support ships enter the Red River

  • Moscow

    1918

    Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.

  • Armenia

    1922

    Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan form the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic

  • California

    1928

    In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kills 431 people.

  • Mahatma Gandhi

    1930

    Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India

  • Great Depression

    1933

    Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".

  • Pacific War

    1942

    Pacific War: The Battle of Java ends with an ABDACOM surrender to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.

  • World Health Organization

    2003

    WHO officially released global warning on pandemic SARS disease.

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Famous Birthdays on March 12

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Famous Deaths on March 12

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