What happend on 12th December

11.12
13.12
1915

President of the Republic of China Yuan Shikai declares himself the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, restoring monarchy.

1913

Mona Lisa recovered in Florence, two years after it was stolen

1911

The capital of India is shifted to New Delhi from Calcutta (now Kolkata).

1903

The City of Fairfield,California is incorporated.

1901

First radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean by Guglielmo Marconi

1900

US Steel formed

1897

The city of Belo Horizonte is founded.

1872

A meteorite struck earth near the town of Banbury, England.

1870

Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman

1787

Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution