What is April 12?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[238]] &ndash; [[Gordian II]] loses the [[Battle of Carthage]] against Numidian forces loyal to [[Maximus Thrax]] and is killed. His father, [[Gordian I]], commits [[suicide]]. * [[240]] &ndash; [[Shapur I]] is crowned as [[King]] of the [[Sasanian Empire]]. * [[467]] &ndash; [[Anthemius]] becomes Emperor of the West Roman Empire. * [[627]] &ndash; King [[Edwin of Northumbria]] is converted to [[Christianity]] by [[Bishop]] [[Paulinus of York]]. * [[1204]] &ndash; [[Crusade]]rs of the [[Fourth Crusade]] breach the walls of [[Constantinople]] (present–day [[Istanbul]]) and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day. * [[1557]] &ndash; The city of [[Cuenca]], in [[Ecuador]], is founded. * [[1606]] &ndash; The [[Union Flag]] is adopted as the [[flag]] of the two united Kingdoms of [[Scotland]] and [[England]]. * [[1633]] &ndash; [[Galileo Galilei]]'s trial before the inquisition begins. * [[1831]] &ndash; [[Soldier]]s marching on the Broughton Suspension [[Bridge]] in [[Manchester]] cause it to collapse. * [[1861]] &ndash; The [[American Civil War]] begins when [[Fort Sumter]], [[South Carolina]], is attacked. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Mobile, Alabama]] falls to the Union Army. * [[1877]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]] annexes [[Transvaal]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Canada|Canadian]] forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans. * [[1927]] &ndash; [[Chiang Kai-shek]] orders [[Communist Party of China]] members to be executed in [[Shanghai]], ending the First United Front. * [[1928]] &ndash; The Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type [[aircraft]], takes off for the first successful transatlantic [[aeroplane]] flight from east to west. * [[1934]] &ndash; The strongest [[wind]] gust, outside of [[Antarctica]] or not within a [[tornado]], is measured at Mt. Washington, [[New Hampshire]], at 231 miles per hour (372 kilometres per hour). * [[1935]] &ndash; First flight