WHAT HAPPENED ON 12. APRIL
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Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage against the Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed. Gordian I, his father, commits suicide. (12. April 238)

Shapur I is crowned as king of the Sasanian Empire. (12. April 240)

Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. (12. April 467)

King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York. (12. April 627)

The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day. (12. April 1204)

Cuenca is founded in Ecuador. (12. April 1557)

The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships. (12. April 1606)

American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain. (12. April 1776)

Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece. (12. April 1820)

Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse. (12. April 1831)

American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. (12. April 1861)

American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw). (12. April 1862)

American Civil War: The Fort Pillow massacre: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee. (12. April 1864)

American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army. (12. April 1865)

The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal. (12. April 1877)

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched. (12. April 1910)

World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans. (12. April 1917)

April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front. (12. April 1927)

The Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. (12. April 1928)

The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. (12. April 1934)