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- 1676
- Pakil is separated from Paete to become a separate town in Laguna, Philippines.
- 1881
- The French protectorate of Tunisia is established by the Treaty of Bardo.
- 1893
- The Oil Rivers Protectorate is enlarged and renamed to the Niger Coast Protectorate.
- 1951
- The town of Capiz becomes Roxas City in the Philippines.
- 1997
- The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts opens on the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus.
- 2019
- Satsuma Jihei Memorial Museum opens in Toyosato, Japan.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on May 12, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on May 12 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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