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Holidays and observances on January 12

11 holidays and special days are celebrated on January 12 around the world.

Holidays and observances

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What is celebrated on January 12?

11 observances are celebrated on January 12 around the world: Christian feast day: Aelred of Rievaulx, Christian feast day: Benedict Biscop, Christian feast day: Bernard of Corleone, Christian feast day: Marguerite Bourgeoys, Christian feast day: Tatiana, Christian feast day: January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.

What happened on January 12?

43 documented historical events happened on January 12, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople. On the same day, in another year: Bayinnaung, who later assembled what was probably the largest empire in the history of mainland Southeast Asia, was crowned as the king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.

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