Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 12

February 12: Daeboreum in Korea, Lantern Festival in the Chinese lunar calendar (2006); Darwin Day.

1689 - The Convention Parliament was convened to determine if James II, the last Catholic king of England, had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.
1733 - Georgia Day: James Oglethorpe established the city of Savannah and the Province of Georgia, a penal colony for the resettlement of people in debtor's prison in the United Kingdom.
1818 - Led by General Bernardo O'Higgins, Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.
1912 - Xinhai Revolution: Xuantong Emperor (pictured), the last Emperor of China, abdicated under a deal brokered by Yuan Shikai, ending the Manchu Qing dynasty.
2001 - NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

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