What happend on 12th June

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13.06
1896

J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets.

1889

88 are killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in Northern Ireland.

1885

At a murder trial in France, a roof collapses, killing 30 people.

1864

American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – General Ulysses S. Grant pulls his troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moves south.

1859

The Comstock Lode is discovered near Virginia City, Nevada.

1775

American Revolution: British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts.

1758

French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg – James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commences.

1665

England installs a municipal government in New York City. This was the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam.

1653

First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of the Gabbard – lasted until June 13.

1418

An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians.