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On This Day · The 102nd day of the year

April 12

250 years on from American Revolution, April 12 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

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Aries is the sign for April 12 — read more on the Aries page, or see April's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on April 12?

April 12 is the 102nd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 627 and 2014. Famous people born on April 12 include Evelyn Berezin, Raymond Barre and Ed O'Neill.

Released on April 12

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • TV La nena

2024

  • Game Persona5: The Phantom X

2023

  • Game Wartales
  • Game Wildfrost
  • Game Caliber
  • TV 【OSHI NO KO】

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 627

    Edwin of Northumbria

  2. 1776

    American Revolution

  3. 1807

    Froberg mutiny

  4. 1831

    Broughton Suspension Bridge

  5. 1877

    United Kingdom

  6. 1910

    SMS Zrínyi

  7. 1980

    Terry Fox

  8. 1983

    Harold Washington

  9. 2013

    April 2013 Kidal attack

  10. 2014

    Great Fire of Valparaíso

Famous birthday twins

Born on April 12

Evelyn Berezin

b. 1925

Raymond Barre

b. 1924

Ed O'Neill

b. 1946

Muhammad al-Jawad

b. 811

Tulsi Gabbard

b. 1981

Robert Delaunay

b. 1885

Marcello Lippi

b. 1948

Joseph Lanner

b. 1801

Deaths

  • 2026Asha Bhosle
  • 2010Werner Schroeter
  • 1968Heinrich Nordhoff
  • 1945Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • 1817Charles Messier
  • 1782Pietro Metastasio

Holidays & observances

  • —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

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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