January 12 in history: • 475 – Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople. → go there • 1808 – John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church (pictured) in Reculver from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture. → go there • 1895 – The National Trust, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded. → go there • 1916 – Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann became the first German aviators to be awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest military honour. → go there • 2010 – An earthquake registering 7.0 Mw struck Haiti, killing more than 100,000 people. → go there Born 1822: Étienne Lenoir Wiki link Died 1926: Austin Chapman Wiki link Died 1976: Agatha Christie Wiki link Born 2000: Zhansaya Abdumalik Wiki link Pictured: St Mary's Church, Reculver.