What happend on 12th December

11.12
13.12
1781

The British navy defeated a French fleet in the Second Battle of Ushant during the American Revolutionary War.

1719

The first U.S. newspaper (the Boston Gazette) is published

1531

Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City

1098

massacre of Ma'arrat al-Numan where Crusaders resort to cannibalism