January 12th in History
January 12th in History
- 1816: France decrees Bonaparte family to be exiled from the country forever
- 1863: President Davis delivers his "State of the Confederacy" address
- 1990: Martial Law is lifted in Beijing, China
- 1991: US Congress authorises military strikes against Iraq, for its invasion of Kuwait
January 12th birthdays
- 1602: Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician
- 1729: Edmund Burke, British writer
- 1856: John Singer Sargent, American painter
- 1876: Jack London, American author
- 1893: Hermann Goering, German Nazi leader
- 1916: P.W Botha, South African politician
