Historical Events on October 12

876 Middle Ages battle

1584 battle in Japan

Event in Delft 12 October 1654

1672 battle between France and the Dutch Republic

1748 naval battle between British and Spanish squadrons in the War of Jenkins' Ear

1758 battle of the French and Indian War

1787 battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792

1798 naval action off the coast of Donegal, Ireland

USS Boston vs Berceau

Battle between troops of the Banda Oriental and the Empire of Brazil during the Cisplatine War fought on the shores of Sarandi Creek in 1825

Earthquake in the Aegean Sea which caused widespread destruction in the Middle East, North Africa and Southern Europe.

Large-scale conflict in South America (1864–1870)

Labor union and racial conflict in Illinois, 1898

Battle in World War I (31 July 1917 – 6 November 1917)

1940 naval battle during World War II

1953 attack on Israeli civilians by Palestinian Arab fedayeen

Brighton hotel bombing — 1984 Margaret Thatcher murder attempt

1986 Mexican Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1986

Magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Egypt

1997 Japanese Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1997

Incident in Ramallah where a Palestinian mob killed and mutilated the bodies of two Israel Defense Forces reservists

2002 Bali bombings — terrorist attack in Indonesia

2003 Japanese Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2003

2008 Japanese Grand Prix — 16th motor race of the 2008 Formula One season

Islamic state attack in Tin-Akoff, Burkina Faso

Earthquake in Greece