February 12th, 1593

Born on February 12th, 1593

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What happened on February 12th, 1593?

February 12th, 1593

Japanese invasion of Korea: Approximately 3,000 Joseon defenders led by general Kwŏn Yul successfully repel more than 30,000 Japanese forces in the Siege of Haengju.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imjin_War

What else happened on February 12th?

February 12th, 2003

Protesters in La Paz and the Bolivian government brokered a deal to end two days of rioting against a proposed salary tax.

February 12th, 1994

Edvard Munch's painting The Scream (pictured) was stolen from the National Gallery of Norway.

February 12th, 1945

A devistating tornado outbreak across Mississippi and Alabama kills 45 people and injures 427 others.

February 12th, 1691

A papal conclave convened to select a new pope after the death of Pope Alexander VIII.

February 12th, 1894

Ère des attentats: In one of the first acts of modern terrorism, Émile Henry threw a bomb into Café Terminus (depicted) in Paris, France, killing one person and injuring 17 more.

February 12th, 2016

In the first meeting between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow signed the Havana Declaration at José Martí International Airport in Cuba.

February 12th, 2009

Just before landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York, killing the house's occupant and all 49 people on board the aircraft.

February 12th, 2001

The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

February 12th, 1993

Two-year-old James Bulger was led away from New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, England, and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, who became the youngest convicted murderers in modern English history.

February 12th, 1947

The French fashion company Dior unveiled its New Look collection (suit pictured), which revolutionized women's dress and re-established Paris as the centre of the fashion world after World War II.

February 12th, 1946

African-American U.S. Army veteran Isaac Woodard was severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer and lost sight in both eyes, an incident that galvanized the civil rights movement.

February 12th, 1942

The Imperial Japanese Army initiated the Battle of Pasir Panjang in Kent Ridge Park in Singapore.

February 12th, 1935

USS Macon, one of the largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

February 12th, 1924

George Gershwin's composition Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 12th

Same year
Born in 1593

59

Artemisia Gentileschi

Italian Baroque painter (1593-1651)

*July 8th, 1593, Rome †January 1st, 1653, Naples

38

Mumtaz Mahal

Mughal empress

*April 27th, 1593, Agra †June 17th, 1631, Burhanpur

39

George Herbert

Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593–1633)

*April 3rd, 1593, Montgomery †March 1st, 1633, Bemerton

77

Agnès Arnauld

French Cistercian abbess

*December 31st, 1593, Paris †February 19th, 1671, Port-Royal-des-Champs

64

Melchior von Hatzfeldt

German count, fieldmarshal

*October 10th, 1593, Castle Crottorf †January 9th, 1658, Powidzko

63

Salomo Glassius

German theologian

*May 21st, 1593, Sondershausen †July 27th, 1656, Gotha

36

Sixtinus Amama

Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist

*October 13th, 1593, Franeker †November 9th, 1629, Franeker

66

Alain de Solminihac

French bishop

*November 25th, 1593, Saint-Aquilin †December 31st, 1659, Mercuès

59

Samuel Edel

German author and theologian

*June 2nd, 1593, Türkheim †December 1st, 1652, Ulm

65

Abel Servien

French statesman and diplomat

*November 1st, 1593, Grenoble †February 17th, 1659, Meudon

32

Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford

English aristocrat, courtier and soldier

*February 24th, 1593, London †May 31st, 1625, Antwerp

90

Izaak Walton

English author and biographer (1593-1683)

*August 9th, 1593, Stafford †December 15th, 1683, Winchester

68

Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg

Catholic cardinal (1593-1661)

*March 1st, 1593, Munich †December 1st, 1661, Regensburg

21

Toyotomi Hideyori

Japanese samurai (1593-1615)

*August 29th, 1593, Osaka Castle †June 4th, 1615, Osaka Castle

78

Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet

English politician (1593-1671)

*June 22nd, 1593, Hopton †October 26th, 1671, London

38

Liborius Wagner

German priest

*December 5th, 1593, Mühlhausen †December 9th, 1631, Schloss

67

Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen

Dutch-English painter (1593-1661)

*October 14th, 1593, London †August 5th, 1661, Utrecht

76

Edward Nicholas

17th-century English statesman

*April 4th, 1593, Wiltshire †September 1st, 1669

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No: With 365 days 1593 is a normal year and no leap year.

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