Historical Events In November - 12

2011  Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis on this day in history.  

2012  Into the Silence by Wade Davis wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize on November - 12.  

2014  European Space Agency's Rosetta lands the Philae probe on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on this day in history.  

2017  On November - 12 7.3 earthquake hits near Halabjal, Iraq, on border with Iran, killing over 500 people, with 7,000 injured  

2017  For the first time Prince Charles lays the wreath to Great Britain's war dead, replacing Queen Elizabeth on this day in history.  

2017  On this day in history a magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the border region between Iraq and Iran leaving at least 530 dead and over 70,000 homeless.  

2018  Israeli secret operation in Gaza kills eight including one Israeli and an Hamas Commander, igniting tensions with retaliatory rocket attack from Gaza on November - 12.  

2018  Former US First lady Michelle Obama publishes her memoir "Becoming" on November - 12.  

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1493  On November - 12 birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)  

1528  Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

1547  Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.  

1606  Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.  

1615  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.  

1651  On this day in history birth of juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)  

1676  On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer  

1729  On this day in history birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)  

0607  On this day in history boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies  

1035  Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41 on November - 12.  

1094  On this day in history death of king Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)  

1202  Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 on this day in history.  

1434  Death of King Louis III of Naples on November - 12.  

1555  On this day in history stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65  

1558  On this day in history shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies  

1567  On this day in history anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74