1560
Battle of Okehazama
Battle · East Asia
On this day
12 June
281 events in the atlas are dated to 12 June, from 47 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 281 events
- 47 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1898
Philippine Declaration of Independence
Event · Southeast Asia
1967
Loving v. Virginia
Political · North America
1967
Singapore dollar
Event · Southeast Asia
2014
Camp Speicher massacre
Attack · Middle East
2025
Air India Flight 171
Accident · South Asia
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 5 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 30 events- 1560Battle of OkehazamaBattle · East Asia
- 1550Founding of HelsinkiFounding · Europe
- 1724Treaty of ConstantinopleTreaty · Middle East
- 1648Siege of ColchesterSiege · Europe
- 1515Battle of TurnadağBattle · Middle East
- 1653Battle of the GabbardBattle · Europe
- 1758Battle of RheinbergBattle · Europe
- 1739Founding of BayombongFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1717Battle of ImbrosBattle · Middle East
- 1798Battle of BallynahinchBattle · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 41 events- 1898Philippine Declaration of IndependenceEvent · Southeast Asia
- 1889Armagh rail disasterAccident · Europe
- 18301830 Hebei earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 18971897 Assam earthquakeNatural disaster · South Asia
- 1848Whitsuntide events in PragueRebellion · Europe
- 1868Siege of SamarkandSiege · Central Asia
- 1839Founding of RensselaerFounding · North America
- 1900Battle of Diamond HillBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1808Battle of CabezónBattle · Europe
- 1829Founding of Rochester Institute of TechnologyFounding · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 125 events- 1967Singapore dollarEvent · Southeast Asia
- 1967Malaysian ringgitEvent · Southeast Asia
- 1967Loving v. VirginiaPolitical · North America
- 19911991 Russian presidential electionElection · Central Asia
- 1999Incident at Pristina AirportEvent · Europe
- 1999Insurgency in the Preševo ValleyEvent · Europe · 1999 – 2001
- 1965Intervision Song Contest 1965Event · Europe
- 2000Treaty of JeddahTreaty
- 1972American Airlines Flight 96Accident · North America
- 1942Operation HarpoonBattle · North Africa
The 21st century
since 2001 · 79 events- 2025Air India Flight 171Accident · South Asia
- 2016Orlando nightclub shootingAttack · North America
- 2014Camp Speicher massacreAttack · Middle East
- 20182018 North Korea–United States Singapore SummitPolitical · Southeast Asia
- 20222022 European heat wavesEvent · Europe
- 2020Killing of Rayshard BrooksEvent · North America
- 20142014 kidnapping of Israeli teensAttack · Middle East
- 20152015 Chinese stock market crashEvent · East Asia
- 2008Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland Bill, 2008Election · Europe
- 20222022 Italian referendumElection · Europe
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.