What are the important events that happened on October 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 12: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 12 is the 285^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 80 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 29, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,760,227,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontapentagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 128 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,678 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 12 Historical Events

• 1216 –
  King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge
• 1398 –
  The Treaty of Salynas is signed between Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Teutonic Knights, who received Samogitia.
• 1582 –
  Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1773 –
  America‘s first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds’in Virginia
• 1792 –
  First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York
• 1793 –
  The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid on the campus of the University of North Carolina
• 1810 –
  First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
• 1892 –
  The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools, as part of a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage.
• 1983 –
  Japan’s former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a million bribe from Lockheed and is sentenced to 4 years in jail.
• 1999 –
  The Day of Six Billion: The proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.

Who were born on October 12?

• 1712 –
  William Shippen, American physician and statesman (d. 1801)
• 1792 –
  Christian Gmelin, German chemist (d. 1860)
• 1887 –
  Paula von Preradović, Croatian-Austrian poet (d. 1951)
• 1904 –
  Lester Dent, American writer (d. 1959)
• 1919 –
  Gilles Beaudoin, Quebec politician (d. 2007)
• 1930 –
  Milica Kacin Wohinz, Slovenian historian
• 1945 –
  Aurore Clément, French actress
• 1949 –
  Stan Hansen, American professional wrestler
• 1951 –
  Sally Little, South-African-born American golfer
• 1974 –
  Marie Wilson, Canadian actress

Who died on October 12?

• 638 –
  Pope Honorius I
• 1896 –
  Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)
• 1898 –
  Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)
• 1940 –
  Tom Mix, American actor (b. 1880)
• 1956 –
  Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (b. 1872)
• 1989 –
  Jay Ward, American animator (Rocky and Bullwinkle) (b. 1920)
• 1998 –
  Mario Beaulieu, French Canadian politician (b. 1930)
• 2007 –
  Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (b. 1934)
• 2009 –
  Dickie Peterson American musician (b. 1948)
• 2010 –
  Woody Peoples, American football player (b. 1943)