Editing May 12 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[254]] &ndash; [[Pope Stephen I]] succeeds [[Pope Lucius I]], becoming the [[List of popes|23rd]] [[pope]] of the [[Catholic Church]], and immediately takes a stand against [[Novatianism]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kelly |first1=J.N.D. |last2=Walsh |first2=Michael J. |title=Oxford Dictionary of Popes |location=Oxford, UK |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2010 |isbn=9780192820853 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVmcAQAAQBAJ |page=16}}</ref>
* [[907]] &ndash; [[Zhu Wen]] forces [[Emperor Ai of Tang|Emperor Ai]] into abdicating, ending the [[Tang dynasty]] after nearly three hundred years of rule. 
*[[1191]] &ndash; [[Richard I of England]] marries [[Berengaria of Navarre]] in [[Cyprus]];<ref>{{cite book |title=Bow Bells |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9s4aAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA281 |year=1868 |publisher=J. Dicks |pages=281–}}</ref> she is crowned [[List of English consorts|Queen consort of England]] the same day.
*[[1328]] &ndash; [[Antipope Nicholas V]], a claimant to the [[papacy]], is consecrated in Rome by the [[Patriarch of Venice|Bishop of Venice]].
*[[1364]] &ndash; [[Jagiellonian University]], the oldest [[university]] in Poland, is founded in [[Kraków]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hermans |first1=Jos M. M. |last2=Nelissen |first2=Marc |title=Charters of Foundation and Early Documents of the Universities of the Coimbra Group |location=Leuven, Belgium |publisher=Leuven University Press |date=2005 |isbn=9789058674746 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QE-P0ffkTUoC |page=60}}</ref>
*[[1497]] &ndash; Pope [[Alexander VI]] excommunicates [[Girolamo Savonarola]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=_35oAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Brief+of+Pope+Alexander+VI+excommunicating+Savonarola%22&pg=PA392 Brief of Pope Alexander VI excommunicating Savonarola]: ''The History of Girolamo Savonarola and of His Times'', [[Pasquale Villari]], Leonard Horner, trans., London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863, Volume 2, pp.392–394.</ref>
*[[1510]] &ndash; The [[Prince of Anhua rebellion]] begins when [[Zhu Zhifan]] kills all the officials invited to a banquet and declares his intent on ousting the powerful [[Ming dynasty]] eunuch [[Liu Jin]] during the reign of the [[Zhengde Emperor]].
*[[1551]] &ndash; [[National University of San Marcos]], the oldest university in the [[Americas]], is founded in [[Lima]], Peru.
*[[1588]] &ndash; [[French Wars of Religion]]: [[Henry III of France]] flees Paris after [[Henry I, Duke of Guise]], enters the city and a [[Day of the Barricades|spontaneous uprising]] occurs.
*[[1593]] &ndash; London playwright [[Thomas Kyd]] is arrested and tortured by the [[Privy Council of England|Privy Council]] for libel.
===1601–1900===
*[[1743]] &ndash; [[Maria Theresa]] of Austria is crowned Queen of [[Bohemia]] after defeating her rival, [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor]].
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz|Heinrich XI]], count of the [[Principality of Reuss-Greiz]], is elevated to [[Prince]] by [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Kennedy |editor-first1=John |editor-last2=James |editor-first2=John E. |title=Almanach de Gotha |location=London |publisher=Almanach de Gotha |date=2004 |oclc=44931876 |page=303}}</ref>
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: In the largest defeat of the [[Continental Army]], [[Charleston, South Carolina]] [[Siege of Charleston|is taken]] by British forces.
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[War of the First Coalition]]: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] conquers [[Venice]].
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Finnish War]]: Swedish-Finnish troops, led by Captain Karl Wilhelm Malmi, conquer the city of [[Kuopio]] from Russians after the [[Battle of Kuopio]].<ref>{{cite book |title=När riket sprängdes: fälttågen i Finland och Västerbotten, 1808-1809 |first=Eirik |last=Hornborg |year=1955 |publisher=P. A. Norstedts och Söners Förlag |location=[[Stockholm]] |language=sv}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; The first major battle of the [[Greek War of Independence]] against the [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]] is [[Battle of Valtetsi|fought]] in [[Valtetsi]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; The [[Donner Party]] of [[Settler|pioneers]] departs [[Independence, Missouri]] for [[California]], on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and [[Human cannibalism|cannibalism]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Campbell |first=Ballard C. |title=Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History: A Reference Guide to the Nation's Most Catastrophic Events |location=New York |publisher=Facts On File |date=2008 |isbn=9780816066032 |url=https://archive.org/details/disastersacciden0000camp |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/disastersacciden0000camp/page/92 92]}}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Union Army]] troops occupy [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Raymond]]: Two divisions of [[James B. McPherson]]'s [[XVII Corps (Union Army)|XVII Corps]] turn the left wing of [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[John C. Pemberton]]'s defensive line on [[Fourteen Mile Creek]], opening up the interior of [[Mississippi]] to the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union Army]] during the [[Vicksburg Campaign]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House]]: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mule Shoe", with some of the fiercest fighting of the war, much of it hand-to-hand combat, occurring at "the Bloody Angle" on the northwest.<ref>{{cite book |last=Krick |first=Robert K. |chapter=An Insurmounable Barrier Between the Army and Ruin: The Confederate Experience at Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle |title=The Spotsylvania Campaign |editor-last=Gallagher |editor-first=Gary W. |location=Chapel Hill, N.C. |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |date=2010 |isbn=9780807871324 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqBcwt_axSUC |pages=80–81}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Battle of Palmito Ranch]]: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
*[[1870]] &ndash; The [[Manitoba Act]] is given the [[Royal Assent]], paving the way for [[Manitoba]] to become a [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province of Canada]] on [[July 15]].
*[[1881]] &ndash; In North Africa, [[Ottoman Tunisia|Tunisia]] becomes a [[French protectorate of Tunisia|French protectorate]].
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[North-West Rebellion]]: The four-day [[Battle of Batoche]], pitting rebel [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.

===1901–present===
*[[1926]] &ndash; The Italian-built airship ''[[Norge (airship)|Norge]]'' becomes the first vessel to fly over the [[North Pole]].
*  1926   &ndash; The [[1926 United Kingdom general strike]] ends.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stanley Baldwin &124; prime minister of United Kingdom &124; Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanley-Baldwin |access-date=January 18, 2022 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> 
*[[1932]] &ndash; Ten weeks after his [[Lindbergh kidnapping|abduction]], Charles Jr., the infant son of [[Charles Lindbergh]], is found dead near [[Hopewell, New Jersey]], just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/659137 |title=Lindbergh Baby Found Dead Near Home; Murdered Soon After the Kidnapping 72 Days Ago and Left Lying in Woods |work=The New York Times |date=May 13, 1932 |pages=1,3 |url-status=live |archive-date=March 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322000759/https://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/659137}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; The [[Agricultural Adjustment Act]], which restricts agricultural production through government purchase of [[livestock]] for slaughter and paying [[subsidy|subsidies]] to farmers when they remove land from planting, is signed into law by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Agriculture Fact Book 1996 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=1996 |oclc=31747093 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YYecGGsXjwC |page=221}}</ref>
*  1933   &ndash; President Roosevelt signs legislation creating the [[Federal Emergency Relief Administration]], the predecessor of the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stathis |first=Stephen |url=http://knowledge.sagepub.com/view/landmark-legislation-1774-2012/SAGE.xml |title=Landmark Legislation 1774–2012: Major U.S. Acts and Treaties |date=2014 |publisher=CQ Press |isbn=978-1-4522-9230-4 |location=Washington DC |chapter=Seventy-Third Congress: March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935 |pages=240–246 |doi=10.4135/9781452292281.n74}}</ref> 
*[[1937]] &ndash; The [[Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth|Duke and Duchess of York are crowned]] as [[George VI|King George VI]] and [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth]] of the United Kingdom in [[Westminster Abbey]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Konrad Zuse]] presents the [[Z3 (computer)|Z3]], the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Second Battle of Kharkov]]: In eastern Ukraine, [[Red Army]] forces under Marshal [[Semyon Timoshenko]] launch a major offensive from the [[Izium]] bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of [[Army Group South]] two weeks later.
*  1942   &ndash; World War II: The U.S. [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]] SS ''Virginia'' is torpedoed in the mouth of the [[Mississippi River]] by the {{ship|German submarine|U-507||6}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cressman |first=Robert J. |title=The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II |location=Annapolis, Md. |publisher=Naval Institute Press |date=2016 |isbn=9781591146384 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K6D1DAAAQBAJ |page=94}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: The [[Soviet Union]] lifts its [[Berlin Blockade|blockade of Berlin]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Harrington |first=Daniel F. |title=Berlin on the Brink: The Blockade, the Airlift, and the Early Cold War |location=Lexington, Ky. |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |date=2012 |isbn=9780813136134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h21YpYGgTDoC |page=5}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; The Soviet [[spacecraft]] ''[[Luna 5]]'' crashes on the [[Moon]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[People's Army of Vietnam|North Vietnamese]] and [[Viet Cong]] forces attack [[1st Australian Task Force|Australian troops]] defending [[Battle of Coral–Balmoral|Fire Support Base Coral]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Indochina Wars]]: [[Democratic Kampuchea]] naval forces [[Mayaguez incident|capture]] the [[SS Mayaguez]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leave No Man Behind: The Truth About the Mayaguez Incident |url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/06/leave-no-man-behind-the-truth-about-the-mayaguez-incident/ |access-date=January 18, 2022 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; In [[Zaire]], rebels occupy the city of [[Kolwezi]], the mining center of the province of [[Katanga Province|Shaba]] (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
*[[1982]] &ndash; During a procession outside the shrine of the [[Virgin Mary]] in [[Fátima, Portugal]], security guards overpower [[Juan María Fernández y Krohn]] before he can attack [[Pope John Paul II]] with a [[bayonet]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pope John Paul 'wounded' in 1982 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7673443.stm |date=October 16, 2008 |website=[[BBC News]] |department=Europe |access-date=September 10, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[San Bernardino train disaster]] kills four people, only to be followed a week later by an underground gasoline pipeline explosion, which kills two more people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pipelinesafetytrust.com/docs/ntsb_doc26.pdf |title=Railroad Accident Report – Derailment of Southern Pacific Transportation Company Freight Train on May 12, 1989, and Subsequent Rupture of Calnev Petroleum Pipeline on May 25, 1989 – San Bernardino, California |access-date=August 3, 2006 |date=June 19, 1990 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |ref=CITEREFNTSB1990 |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306105228/http://www.pipelinesafetytrust.com/docs/ntsb_doc26.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; Former US President [[Jimmy Carter]] arrives in [[Cuba]] for a five-day visit with [[Fidel Castro]], becoming the first [[President of the United States]], in or out of office, to visit the island since the [[Cuban Revolution]].
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[Riyadh compound bombings]] in Saudi Arabia, carried out by [[al-Qaeda]], kill 39 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saudi Arabia sentences five to death over 2003 attacks |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-27103375 |website=BBC News |access-date=January 3, 2022 |date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[May 2006 São Paulo violence|Mass unrest]] by the [[Primeiro Comando da Capital]] begins in [[São Paulo]] (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead.
*  2006   &ndash; [[Iranian Azeris]] interpret a [[cartoon]] published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, [[Iran newspaper cockroach cartoon controversy|resulting in massive riots]] throughout the country.
*[[2008]] &ndash; An [[2008 Wenchuan earthquake|earthquake]] (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in [[Sichuan]], China, killing over 69,000 people.
*  2008   &ndash; [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] conducts the [[Postville Raid|largest-ever raid]] of a workplace in [[Postville, Iowa]], arresting nearly 400 [[Immigration to the United States|immigrants]] for [[identity theft]] and document fraud.
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771]] crashes on final approach to [[Tripoli International Airport]] in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board.
*[[2015]] &ndash; A [[2015 Philadelphia train derailment|train derailment in Philadelphia]], United States, kills eight people and injures more than 200.
*  2015   &ndash; Massive [[May 2015 Nepal earthquake|Nepal earthquake]] kills 218 people and injures more than 3,500.
*[[2017]] &ndash; The [[WannaCry ransomware attack]] impacts over 400,000 computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's [[National Health Services]] and [[Telefónica]] computers.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is WannaCry ransomware and why is it attacking global computers? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/12/nhs-ransomware-cyber-attack-what-is-wanacrypt0r-20 |website=The Guardian |access-date=September 20, 2021 |language=en |date=May 12, 2017}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[2018 Paris knife attack|Paris knife attack]]: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Welle |first=Deutsche |title=Paris knife attack leaves four injured and two dead including attacker &124; DW &124; 13.05.2018 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/paris-knife-attack-leaves-four-injured-and-two-dead-including-attacker/a-43759341 |access-date=May 23, 2021 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – Middle/End of the [[May 2024 solar storms|May 2024 Solar Storms]], the most powerful set of Geomagnetic storms since the [[2003 Halloween solar storms]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=On Friday night the sky danced, and we'll be talking about it for years to come. The great aurora of 10 May 2024 |url=https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/aurora-10-may-2024 |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=www.skyatnightmagazine.com |date=May 12, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>