Historical Events in -  May 12.

1459 : Rao Jodha founded Jodhpur.

1638: Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned construction of the Red Fort on this day when he decided to shift his capital to Delhi.

1666: Under the treaty of Purandar, Shivaji Maharaj reached Agra to meet Aurangzeb.

1797: Napoleon I conquered Venice.

1890: Inauguration of the first official cricket county championship match in Bristol.

1915: The revolutionary Rasbihari Bose left India aboard the Japanese boat Sanuki Maru.

1941: Konrad Zuse in Berlin introduced the world’s first fully automated Z3 computer.

1952: The first session of the Parliament of the Republic of India began.

1987: India brought the HMS Hermes warship from the British Royal Navy and launched it as INS Virat.

1998: Central Government decided to increase the retirement age of Central Government employees from 58 years to 60 years.

2008: A magnitude 8.0 earthquake shook China, killing at least 69,000 people.

2010: S. H. Kapadia became the 38th Chief Justice of India.

Famous Birthdays– May 12.

1820: Florence Nightingale, an English social reformer, statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.

1892: Ramanlal Desai, an Indian Gujarati language writer.

1924: Sheik Chinna Moulana, a legendary nadhaswaram player in the Carnatic tradition. 

1945: K. G. Balakrishnan, the former Chief Justice of India.

1989: Shikha Pandey, an Indian cricketer, and officer in the Indian Air Force. 

Death Anniversaries - May 12.

1970: Nelly Sachs, a German-Swedish poet, and playwright.

2010: Tara Vanarase, an Indian writer.

2014: Sarat Pujari, an Indian film actor, director, and producer in the Odia film industry.