Day In History
This Day in History
Today: June 12, 2026
910
Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.[1]
1206
The Ghurid general Qutb ud-Din Aibak founds the Delhi Sultanate. [2]
1240
At the instigation of Louis IX of France, an inter-faith debate, known as the Disputation of Paris, starts between a Christian monk and four rabbis.[3]
1381
Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels assemble at Blackheath, just outside London.[4]
1418
Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Parisians slaughter sympathizers of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, along with all prisoners, foreign bankers, and students and faculty of the College of Navarre.[5]
1429
Hundred Years' War: On the second day of the Battle of Jargeau, Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
1550
The city of Helsinki, Finland (belonging to Sweden at the time) is founded by King Gustav I of Sweden.
1643
The Westminster Assembly is convened by the Parliament of England, without the assent of Charles I, in order to restructure the Church of England.[6]
1653
First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard begins, lasting until the following day.[7]
1665
Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City.[8]
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