Here are ten historical events that took place on April 12th, listed in chronological order:

1. 1204: The Fourth Crusade captures and sacks Constantinople, leading to the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
2. 1606: The Union Flag (commonly known as the Union Jack) is adopted as the national flag of Great Britain.
3. 1776: During the American Revolutionary War, North Carolina’s Fourth Provincial Congress adopts the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American Colonies calling for independence from Britain.
4. 1861: The American Civil War begins as Confederate forces attack Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
5. 1912: The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,500 people.
6. 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, and is succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman.
7. 1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into space and orbit the Earth aboard Vostok 1.
8. 1981: The first launch of the Space Shuttle, Columbia, marks the beginning of the Space Shuttle program.
9. 1992: The Euro Disney Resort, later renamed Disneyland Paris, officially opens in Marne-la-Vallée, France.
10. 2009: North Korea launches its Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket in defiance of international pressure, resulting in widespread condemnation.

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Here are ten historical events that took place on April 11th, listed in chronological order:

1. 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
2. 1241 – Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.
3. 1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
4. 1713 – The Treaty of Utrecht is signed, ending the War of the Spanish Succession.
5. 1814 – Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates as Emperor of the French and is exiled to the island of Elba.
6. 1868 – The Shogunate is abolished in Japan, and Meiji Restoration is declared.
7. 1945 – World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
8. 1951 – The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
9. 1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
10. 1979 – Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is overthrown by Tanzanian troops and Ugandan exiles.

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Here are ten historical events that took place on April 9th, listed in chronological order:

1. 1241 – Battle of Liegnitz: Mongol forces defeat the Polish and German armies.
2. 1413 – Henry V is crowned King of England.
3. 1865 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the war.
4. 1917 – World War I: The Battle of Arras begins, with Canadian and British troops launching a major offensive against German forces in France.
5. 1939 – African-American singer Marian Anderson performs a concert at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., after being denied the opportunity to perform at the segregated Constitution Hall.
6. 1940 – World War II: Germany invades Denmark and Norway in Operation Weserübung.
7. 1959 – NASA announces the selection of the first seven astronauts for the Mercury program, including Alan Shepard and John Glenn.
8. 1965 – The Astrodome, the world’s first multipurpose domed stadium, opens in Houston, Texas.
9. 1967 – The first Boeing 737 makes its maiden flight.
10. 2003 – Baghdad falls to American forces, leading to the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq.

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