October 12th in History
October 12th
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The Battle of Hatfield Chase was fought on 12th October 633, (some sources say 632)near Doncaster. It resulted in a decisive victory for an alliance of Gwynedd and Mercia led by Cadwallon ap Cadfan and Penda against Northumbria led by Edwin.
- Cadwallon in alliance with Penda, defeated and killed Edwin, which led to the temporary collapse of Northumbria and its division back into its constituent kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira. Cadwallon then slew both King Eanfrith of Bernicia and Osric of Deira rather than negotiate peace terms with them. Oswald succeeded in Bernicia and Acha in Deira.
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12th October marks Fiesta Nacional de España, Spain's National celebration of Columbus discovering America in 1492..
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1609 Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice" is published in London in a book edited by, and possibly written by, Thomas Ravenscroft.
1859 Self-proclaimed Emperor of the USA, Emperor Norton, issues edict abolishing the US Congress.
1915 Despite international protests, Edith Cavell, an English nurse in Belgium, was shot by a German firing squad, for aiding the escape of Allied prisoners. She was born in Swardeston, close to Norwich and there is a memorial to her outside Norwich Cathedral.
2024 Spanish researchers, after studying genetic material, reveal Christopher Columbus is probably Spanish and Jewish and born in Valencia, not an Italian from Genoa as he claimed.
12 Oct 1996
28 years after its creation, The Rolling Stones' Rock & Roll Circus was finally released. The 1968 event put together by The Stones comprised two concerts on a circus stage and included performaces by The Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull and Jethro Tull. John Lennon and Yoko Ono performed as part of a supergroup called The Dirty Mac, along with Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell and Keith Richards. It was originally planned to be aired on BBC TV.
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The Battle of Hatfield Chase was fought on 12th October 633, (some sources say 632)near Doncaster. It resulted in a decisive victory for an alliance of Gwynedd and Mercia led by Cadwallon ap Cadfan and Penda against Northumbria led by Edwin.
- Cadwallon in alliance with Penda, defeated and killed Edwin, which led to the temporary collapse of Northumbria and its division back into its constituent kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira. Cadwallon then slew both King Eanfrith of Bernicia and Osric of Deira rather than negotiate peace terms with them. Oswald succeeded in Bernicia and Acha in Deira.
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12th October marks Fiesta Nacional de España, Spain's National celebration of Columbus discovering America in 1492..
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1609 Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice" is published in London in a book edited by, and possibly written by, Thomas Ravenscroft.
1859 Self-proclaimed Emperor of the USA, Emperor Norton, issues edict abolishing the US Congress.
1915 Despite international protests, Edith Cavell, an English nurse in Belgium, was shot by a German firing squad, for aiding the escape of Allied prisoners. She was born in Swardeston, close to Norwich and there is a memorial to her outside Norwich Cathedral.
2024 Spanish researchers, after studying genetic material, reveal Christopher Columbus is probably Spanish and Jewish and born in Valencia, not an Italian from Genoa as he claimed.
12 Oct 1996
28 years after its creation, The Rolling Stones' Rock & Roll Circus was finally released. The 1968 event put together by The Stones comprised two concerts on a circus stage and included performaces by The Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull and Jethro Tull. John Lennon and Yoko Ono performed as part of a supergroup called The Dirty Mac, along with Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell and Keith Richards. It was originally planned to be aired on BBC TV.
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