June 12

Today in History
• 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath
• 1418 - An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians
• 1458 - Magdalen College, Oxford founded by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester
• 1665 - England installs a municipal government in New York City
• 1665 - New Amsterdam renamed New York after English Duke of York
• 1776 - Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
• 1838 - Iowa Territory forms with Burlington as its capital
• 1849 - Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville, Kentucky)


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Brazilian Valentine's Day
• Chaco Armistice Day
• Child Labor Day
• Columbia Corpus Christi Holiday
• Democracy Day
• Peace Day
• Philippines Independence Day
• Russia Day

Birthdays
• 1107 - Emperor Gaozong of Song, 10th emperor of Song dynasty
• 1577 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (Guldinus theorem)
• 1771 - Patrick Gass, Falling Springs, Pennsylvania, Sergeant of Lewis and Clark Expedition
• 1777 - Robert Clark, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New York
• 1806 - John A. Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge)
• 1851 - Oliver Joseph Lodge, born in England, early radio pioneer
• 1877 - Thomas C. Hart, U.S. admiral and commander (Pacific Fleet)
• 1897 - Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon, C, British Prime Minister, 1955-57