What is January 12?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[475]] &ndash; [[Basiliscus]] becomes [[Emperor]] of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. * [[1528]] &ndash; [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa]] becomes [[King]] of [[Sweden]]. * [[1539]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Toledo]] is signed by King [[Francis I of France]] and [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]]. * [[1554]] &ndash; [[Bayinnaung]] is crowned [[King]] of [[Burma]]. * [[1616]] &ndash; The [[city]] of [[Belem]], in the present–day state of [[Para]], [[Brazil]], is founded by [[Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco]]. * [[1807]] &ndash; A [[ship]] loaded with [[gunpowder]] explodes, killing 151 people in the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[city]] of [[Leiden]]. * [[1846]] &ndash; In [[France]], a General [[Amnesty]] is given to people who took part in the [[French Revolution]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; The [[Palermo]] Rising takes place in [[Sicily]] against the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]. * [[1866]] &ndash; The [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] is founded in [[London]]. * [[1872]] &ndash; [[Yohannes IV]] is crowned [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] in [[Axum]]; the first coronation in Axum for over 200 years. * [[1888]] &ndash; The Schoolhouse [[Blizzard]] sweeps across the [[Great Plains]] states of the [[United States]], killing 200 people, many of them school[[children]]. * [[1895]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]]'s [[National Trust]] is founded. * [[1898]] &ndash; [[Ito Hirobumi]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Japan]] for a third time. * [[1899]] &ndash; 13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued from stricken [[schooner]] ''Forest Hall'' by the [[Lynmouth]] Lifeboat, after getting into difficulty off [[Devon]], [[England]]. === 1901&ndash;2000 === * [[1905]] &ndash; The [[Riksdagshuset]], the seat of [[Sweden]]'s [[parliament]], is [[Inauguration|inaugurated]] in [[Stockholm]], after eight years of building work. * [[1906]] &ndash; [[Henry Campbell-Bannerman]]'s [[cabinet]] begins widespread social reforms after a landslide victory in the [[United Kingdom]] Elec