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On April 12, 240: Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
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Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
Shapur I also known as Shapur I the Great was the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. The precise dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent until the death of the latter in 242. During his co-regency, he helped his father with the conquest and destruction of the city of Hatra, whose fall was facilitated, according to the Islamic myth, by the actions of his future wife al-Nadirah.
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240 Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. Shahanshah of the Sasanian Empire from 240 to 270
Shapur I also known as Shapur I the Great was the second Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. The precise dating of his reign is disputed, but it is generally agreed that he ruled from 240 to 270, with his father Ardashir I as co-regent until the death of the latter in 242. During his co-regency, he helped his father with the conquest and destruction of the city of Hatra, whose fall was facilitated, according to the Islamic myth, by the actions of his future wife al-Nadirah.
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467 Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Western Roman emperor from 467 to 472
Procopius Anthemius was the Western Roman emperor from 467 to 472. Born in the Eastern Roman Empire, Anthemius quickly worked his way up the ranks. He married into the Theodosian dynasty through Marcia Euphemia, daughter of Eastern emperor Marcian.
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627 King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, Bishop of York. King of Deira and Bernicia from 616 to 632/633
Edwin, also known as Eadwine or Æduinus, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from around 616 until his death. He was the second monarch to rule both of these northern English kingdoms and the first to convert to Christianity. After he died in battle, he was venerated as a saint.
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806 Nikephoros I of Constantinople is consecrated as patriarch of Constantinople. -
1159 Having received the submission of the prince of Antioch, Raynald of Châtillon, Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos enters triumphantly the city of Antioch. Ruling monarch of the Principality of Antioch (1098–1268)
Prince of Antioch was the title given during the Middle Ages to Norman rulers of the Principality of Antioch, a region surrounding the city of Antioch. The Princes originally came from the County of Sicily. Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch additionally came into possession of the County of Tripoli, combining these two Crusader states for the rest of their histories.
- 1204 The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.
- 1588 The Instruction of 12 April 1588 was enacted, which is widely regarded as the formal establishment of the Dutch Republic.
- 1606 The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
- 1776 American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
- 1782 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.
- 1796 War of the First Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte wins his first victory as an army commander at the Battle of Montenotte, splitting the Austrian and Piedmontese armies away from each other, and marking the beginning of the Piedmontese surrender in the war.
- 1807 The Froberg mutiny on Malta ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli.
- 1820 Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
- 1831 Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse.
- 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
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- 1862 American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
- 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Pillow: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
- 1865 American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
- 1877 The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
- 1900 One day after its enactment by the Congress, President William McKinley signs the Foraker Act into law, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
- 1910 SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
- 1917 World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
- 1927 Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.[citation needed]
- 1927 Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople, and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
- 1928 The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
- 1934 The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
- 1934 The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.[citation needed]
- 1937 Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
- 1945 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds him.
- 1945 World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin.
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Holidays on April 12
- Children's Day (Bolivia)
- Christian feast day: Adoniram Judson (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Alferius
- Christian feast day: Blessed Angelo Carletti di Chivasso
- Christian feast day: Erkembode
- Christian feast day: Pope Julius I
- Christian feast day: Sabbas the Goth
- Christian feast day: Teresa of the Andes
- Christian feast day: Zeno of Verona
- Christian feast day: April 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin: Cosmonautics Day (Russia)
- Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin: International Day of Human Space Flight
- Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin: Yuri's Night (International observance)
- Halifax Day (North Carolina)
- National Redemption Day (Liberia)
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