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On May 12, 113: Roman emperor Trajan dedicates a column celebrating and depicting his victory over the Dacians.

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Featured moment · 113

Roman emperor Trajan dedicates a column celebrating and depicting his victory over the Dacians.

Year 113 (CXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Celsus and Crispinus. The denomination 113 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

People

Born on May 12

Vasilije Adžić 2006– Montenegrin footballer (born 2006)
Zach Benson 2005– Canadian ice hockey player (born 2005)
Issa Kaboré 2001– Burkinabé footballer (born 2001)
Hiroki Itō 1999– Japanese footballer (born 1999)
Mo Bamba 1998– Ivorian-American basketball player (born 1998)
Frenkie de Jong 1997– Dutch footballer (born 1997)
Fabrice Olinga 1996– Cameroonian footballer (born 1996)
Kostas Tsimikas 1996– Greek footballer (born 1996)
Timo Horn 1993– German footballer (born 1993)
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Erik Durm 1992– German footballer (born 1992)
Florent Amodio 1990– French figure skater
Etika 1990– American YouTuber and live streamer (1990–2019)
Eleftheria Eleftheriou 1989– Greek Cypriot singer (born 1989)
Marcelo 1988– Brazilian footballer (born 1988)
Lance Lynn 1987– American baseball player (born 1987)
Kieron Pollard 1987– West Indian cricketer (born 1987)
Darren Randolph 1987– Irish footballer
Emily VanCamp 1986– Canadian actress (born 1986)

People

Died on May 12

Jason Collins American basketball player (1978–2026)
Mark Damon American film actor and producer (1933–2024)
David Sanborn American saxophonist (1945–2024)
A. J. Smith American football executive (1949–2024)
Aimee Stephens American civil rights activist (1960–2020)
Dennis Nilsen Scottish serial killer (1945–2018)
Mauno Koivisto Finnish politician, President of Finland (1923–2017)
Mike Agostini Trinidad and Tobago sprinter (1935–2016)
Peter Gay German-American historian and author (1923–2015)
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Cornell Borchers German actress (1925–2014)
Marco Cé Cardinal of the Romanic Catholic Church
H. R. Giger Swiss artist (1940–2014)
Sarat Pujari Indian actor
Lorenzo Zambrano Mexican businessman and philanthropist
Gerd Langguth German political scientist, author, and academic (born 1946)
Jan Bens Dutch footballer (1921–2012)
Eddy Paape Belgian artist (1920–2012)
Antonio Vega Musical artist

Timeline

Every May 12 on record

  1. 113 Roman emperor Trajan dedicates a column celebrating and depicting his victory over the Dacians.

    Calendar year

    Year 113 (CXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Celsus and Crispinus. The denomination 113 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  2. 254 Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 254 to 257

    Pope Stephen I was the Bishop of Rome from 12 May 254 to his death on 2 August 257. He was later canonized as a saint and some accounts say he was killed while celebrating Mass.

  3. 907 Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang dynasty after nearly three hundred years of rule.

    Chinese warlord and Later Liang emperor from 907 to 912

    Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (後梁太祖), personal name Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠), né Zhu Wen (朱溫), name later changed to Zhu Huang (朱晃), nickname Zhu San, was a Chinese military general, monarch, and politician. He was a Jiedushi and warlord who in 907 overthrew the Tang dynasty and established the Later Liang dynasty, ruling as its first emperor, ushering in the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The last two Tang emperors, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang and Emperor Ai of Tang, who "ruled" as his puppets from 903 to 907, were both murdered by him.

  4. 1157 A church council presided over by Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos in the Palace of Blachernae investigates the orthodoxy of the patriarch of Antioch, Soterichos Panteugenos.

    The Council of Blachernae was a church council in the Byzantine Empire, convened in May 1157 at the imperial Palace of Blachernae, which condemned the newly elected Patriarch of Antioch Soterichos Panteugenos, and the rhetoricians Michael of Thessalonica and Nikephoros Basilakes.

  5. 1191 Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre in Cyprus; she is crowned Queen consort of England the same day.

    King of England from 1189 to 1199

    Richard I, known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Cœur de Lion because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony; Lord of Cyprus; Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes; and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was the third of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and was therefore not expected to become king, but his two elder brothers predeceased their father.

  6. 1328 Antipope Nicholas V, a claimant to the papacy, is consecrated in Rome by the Bishop of Venice.
  7. 1364 Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, is founded in Kraków.
  8. 1497 Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
  9. 1510 The Prince of Anhua rebellion begins when Zhu Zhifan kills all the officials invited to a banquet and declares his intent on ousting the powerful Ming dynasty eunuch Liu Jin during the reign of the Zhengde Emperor.
  10. 1551 National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in Lima, Peru.
  11. 1588 French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry I, Duke of Guise, enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
  12. 1593 London playwright Thomas Kyd is arrested and tortured by the Privy Council for libel.
  13. 1743 Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
  14. 1778 Heinrich XI, count of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz, is elevated to Prince by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.
  15. 1780 American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
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  1. 1797 War of the First Coalition: Napoleon Bonaparte conquers Venice.
  2. 1808 Finnish War: Swedish-Finnish troops, led by Captain Karl Wilhelm Malmi, conquer the city of Kuopio from Russians after the Battle of Kuopio.
  3. 1809 British contingents under Arthur Wellesley force a French army under general Soult to retreat in the battle of Oporto.
  4. 1821 The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
  5. 1846 The Donner Party of pioneers departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism.
  6. 1862 American Civil War: Union Army troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  7. 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
  8. 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mule Shoe", with some of the fiercest fighting of the war, much of it hand-to-hand combat, occurring at "the Bloody Angle" on the northwest.
  9. 1865 American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
  10. 1870 The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
  11. 1881 In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
  12. 1885 North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
  13. 1926 The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
  14. 1926 The 1926 United Kingdom general strike ends.
  15. 1932 Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.

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