On this day

May 12

Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on May 12 across the 2 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.

2 events 2 centuries 2 countries

1191

May 12, 1191 marriage of King Richard I of England (Richard the Lionheart, 1157-1199) to Berengaria of Navarre (1165-1230)

Limassol Cyprus

The May 12, 1191 marriage of King Richard I of England (Richard the Lionheart, 1157-1199) to Berengaria of Navarre (1165-1230) at the Limassol Castle Chapel during the Third Crusade (1189-1192) was significantly among the most medieval royal-marriages + the only…

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1927

The Mille Miglia

Brescia Italy

is the Italian 1,000-mile (1,600-km) road race held annually 1927-1957 from Brescia south to Rome and back to Brescia.

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Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →