Births on June 12

Robert Herbert

Born on June 12, 1831

Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (d. 1905)

Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert, (12 June 1831 – 6 May 1905), was the first Premier of Queensland, Australia. At 28 years and 181 days of age, he was the youngest person ever to be elected premier of an Australian state.

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Robert Herbert
Premier of Queensland

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Events on 1831

25 Feb

November Uprising
Battle of Olszynka Grochowska, part of Polish November Uprising against Russian Empire.
29 Aug

Electromagnetic induction
Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
8 Sep

Battle of Warsaw (1831)
November uprising: Battle of Warsaw ends, effectively ending the Insurrection.
11 Nov

Slave uprising
In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
17 Nov

Gran Colombia
Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.

Births on June 12

Robert Herbert

Born on June 12, 1831

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Events on 1831

November Uprising

Electromagnetic induction

Battle of Warsaw (1831)

Slave uprising

Gran Colombia