Template:On this day/February 12

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

February 12:

• 1813 – Congress authorized the President to "take possession of a tract of country … west of the River Perdido," resulting in the capture of Mobile.
• 1870 – The Pensacola & Barrancas Railroad Company was incorporated by a special act of the State of Florida.