May 12 1780 American Revolutionary War: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces.
May 12 1821 The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
May 12 1797 War of the First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
May 12 1862 American Civil War: U.S. federal troops occupy Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
May 12 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Raymond: Two divisions of James B. McPherson's XVII Corps turn the left wing of Confederate General John C. Pemberton's defensive line on Fourteen Mile Creek, opening up the interior of Mississippi to the Union Army during the Vicksburg Campaign.
May 12 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers die in "the Bloody Angle".
May 12 1865 American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victor
May 12 1885 North-West Rebellion: The four-day Battle of Batoche, pitting rebel Métis against the Canadian government, comes to an end with a decisive rebel defeat.
May 12 1942 World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507.
May 12 1942 The Soviet Army launches its first major offensive of the war, taking Kharkov in the eastern Ukraine.
May 12 1968 Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attack Australian troops defending Fire Support Base Coral.
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