The Calendar
Thursday 12 February 2026
What the atlas records for this date, across the traditions it covers.
Observed On This Date
Commemoration of a person or event
12 February, the birth date of Charles Darwin
This Week In Economics History
Dates for the Hebrew and Islamic calendars are the tabular reckoning, which is what a printed calendar prints. Communities that begin a month on a sighted crescent may differ by a day, and differ from one another by place.