597 notable events from 2012. Page 3 of 6.
- Syrian–Turkish border clashes during the Syrian civil war
Jun 22, 2012–Nov 19, 2022 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Battle of Aguelhok (2012)
Jan 18, 2012–Jan 25, 2012 · Mali
- 2012 shootings of St. John the Baptist Parish police officers
Aug 16, 2012 · United States
- August 2012 Sinai attack
Aug 5, 2012 · Palestine
- Battle of Kismayo (2012)
Sep 25, 2012–Oct 1, 2012 · Somalia
- Amuay tragedy
Aug 25, 2012 · Venezuela
- Belfast City Hall flag protests
Dec 3, 2012–Nov 1, 2013 · United Kingdom
- Facebook murder
Jan 14, 2012 · Netherlands
- 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (United States)
Nov 20, 2012 · United States
- Air Bagan Flight 011
Dec 25, 2012 · Myanmar
- Murder of Ihsane Jarfi
Apr 22, 2012 · Belgium
- 2012 Carterton hot air balloon crash
Jan 7, 2012 · New Zealand
- Murder of Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi
Feb 11, 2012 · Bangladesh
- Allied Air Flight 111
Jun 2, 2012 · Ghana
- 2012 Montreal shooting
Sep 4, 2012 · Canada
- 2012 Moscow shooting
Nov 7, 2012 · Russian Federation
- Attack against Fernando Londoño
May 15, 2012 · Colombia
- Brazzaville arms dump blasts
Mar 4, 2012 · Congo-Brazzaville
- 2012 Sanriku earthquake
Dec 7, 2012 · Japan
- 2012 Unity Day parade rehearsal bombing
May 21, 2012 · Yemen
- Siege of Nubl and al-Zahraa
Jul 19, 2012–Feb 3, 2016 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Azana Spa shooting
Oct 21, 2012 · United States
- Murder of Shaima Alawadi
Mar 21, 2012 · United States
- Teddybear Airdrop Minsk 2012
Jul 4, 2012 · Belarus
- Chala LPG tanker disaster
Aug 27, 2012 · India
- 2012 Pakistan factory fires
Sep 11, 2012 · Pakistan
- Mitsui Chemicals Iwakuni-Otake plant explosion accident
Apr 2012 · Japan
- Case of Amina El Filali
2012 · Morocco
- Lei family murders
Mar 23, 2012 · United States
- 2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake
from Mar 20, 2012 · Mexico
- Megaupload legal case
Jan 1, 2012 · —
- Minneapolis firm shooting
Sep 27, 2012 · United States
- Siege of Tessalit
Jan 17, 2012–Mar 11, 2012 · Mali
- 2012 Lamma Island ferry collision
Oct 1, 2012 · Hong Kong
- 2012 Dnipropetrovsk explosions
Apr 27, 2012 · Ukraine
- Amine Bentounsi
Apr 22, 2012 · France
- Death of Richard Nieuwenhuizen
Dec 2, 2012 · Netherlands
- Assassination of Wissam al-Hassan
Oct 19, 2012 · Lebanon
- Eifel criminal case
Jan 2012 · Germany
- 2012 Gumi hydrofluoric acid leak
Sep 27, 2012 · South Korea
- Rohto Pharmaceutical intimidation case
2012 · Japan
- Murder of Dirang
Mar 1, 2012 · Malaysia
- Boudougate
2012 · Argentina
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2012)
Sep 12, 2012 · Russian Federation
- March 2012 Sanriku earthquake
Mar 14, 2012 · Japan
- 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état
Apr 12, 2012 · Guinea-Bissau
- 2012 Guatemala earthquake
from Nov 7, 2012 · Guatemala
- 2012 HUB Mall shooting
Jun 15, 2012 · Canada
- Battle of Yarmouk Camp (December 2012)
Dec 5, 2012–Dec 17, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Japan Airlines 1402 Flight Attendant Skirt Voyeurism Incident
Sep 10, 2012 · Japan
- Blockupy movement
May 16, 2012 · Germany
- Murder of Sigrid Giskegjerde Schjetne
Aug 5, 2012 · Norway
- Food security in Malawi
2012–2015 · Malawi
- Operation Eagle
Sep 2012 · Egypt
- 2012 Pune bombings
Aug 1, 2012 · —
- Murder of Kiran Negi
Feb 9, 2012 · —
- 2012 South Korean professional baseball match-fixing scandal
2012 · South Korea
- Comayagua prison fire
Feb 14, 2012 · Honduras
- 2012 El Salvador earthquake
Aug 26, 2012 · El Salvador
- Battle of al-Haffah
Jun 5, 2012–Jun 13, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Jallal Hami affair
Oct 30, 2012 · France
- Midland train crash
Nov 15, 2012 · United States
- Siege of Darayya and Muadamiyat
Nov 8, 2012–Aug 27, 2016 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Timeline of the Egyptian Crisis under Mohamed Morsi
Jun 30, 2012 · Egypt
- March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes
Mar 9, 2012–Mar 14, 2012 · Palestine
- 2012 Bangkok bombings
Feb 14, 2012 · Thailand
- Operation Sinai (2012)
Aug 7, 2012 · Egypt
- Ludivine Chambet
Jan 1, 2012–Jan 1, 2013 · France
- 2012 Negros earthquake
from Feb 6, 2012 · Philippines
- Qafa e Vishës bus accident
May 21, 2012 · Albania
- Retention of the frigate Libertad in Ghana
Oct 2, 2012–Dec 19, 2012 · Ghana
- 2012 Makhachkala attack
May 3, 2012 · Russian Federation
- 2012 Masbate Piper Seneca crash
Aug 18, 2012 · Philippines
- Lopota incident
Oct 30, 2012 · Georgia
- Suwon rape attempt-murder case
Apr 1, 2012 · South Korea
- Amsterdam Westerpark train collision
Apr 21, 2012 · Netherlands
- Al-Qubeir massacre
Jun 6, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- Jonathan Spollen
Feb 3, 2012 · India
- Hammond arson case
2012 · United States
- Murder of Claire Holland
Jun 6, 2012 · United Kingdom
- Sombath Somphone
Dec 15, 2012 · Laos
- January 2012 al-Midan bombing
Jan 6, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- 2012 Antonov An-2 crash near Serov
Jun 11, 2012 · Russian Federation
- Laxmipeta Massacre
Jun 12, 2012 · India
- 2012 Malian counter-coup attempt
Apr 30, 2012–May 1, 2012 · Mali
- Murders of Jourdan Bobbish and Jacob Kudla
Jul 22, 2012 · United States
- 2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting
Mar 5, 2012 · Romania
- 2012 Republic of Macedonia inter-ethnic violence
Jan 14, 2012–May 11, 2012 · North Macedonia
- 2012 Villaggio Mall fire
May 28, 2012 · Qatar
- Abdellah Boumezaar case
Jun 17, 2012 · France
- FlyMontserrat Flight 107
Oct 7, 2012 · Antigua and Barbuda
- Marum swimming pool murder
Jul 10, 2012 · Netherlands
- Rif Dimashq offensive (August–October 2012)
Aug 15, 2012–Oct 7, 2012 · Syrian Arab Republic
- 2012 Chiba earthquake
Mar 14, 2012 · Japan
- 2012 Jurong West killing
Mar 30, 2012 · Malaysia
- 2012 Virginia Beach F/A-18 crash
Apr 6, 2012 · United States
- Quneitra Governorate clashes (2012–2014)
Nov 2, 2012–2015 · Syrian Arab Republic
- 2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake
from Oct 27, 2012 · Canada
- Santoyo case
Aug 20, 2012 · Colombia
- 2012 Bonn main station bomb discovery
Dec 10, 2012 · Germany