January 12

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January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 353 days remaining until the end of the year (354 in leap years).

[edit] Events

• 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople.
• 1528 - Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
• 1592 - Titus Andronicus is first staged at the Rose Theatre.
• 1780 - The first issue of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (then known as the Zürcher Zeitung) is published.
• 1940 - World War II: Russia bombs cities in Finland.
• 1945 - World War II: The Soviets begin a large offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe.
• 1995 - Malcolm X's daughter, Qubilah Shabazz, is arrested for conspiring to kill Louis Farrakhan.

[edit] Births

• 1483 - Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German nobleman (d. 1538)
• 1562 - Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630)
• 1576 - Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (d. 1660)
• 1591 - José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
• 1597 - François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)
• 1628 - Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
• 1876 - Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
• 1893
  • Hermann Göring, German official (d. 1946)
  • Alfred Rosenberg,German official (d. 1946)

[edit] Deaths

• 1321 - Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)
• 1519 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459)
• 1583 - Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1508)
• 1665 - Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601)
• 1674 - Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b. 1605)
• 1700 - Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620)
• 1705 - Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)
• 1732 - John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685)
• 1983 - Nikolai Podgorny, President of the USSR (b. 1903)