July 12 - Events

Events

• 927 – England is unified by Athelstan of England after a long process of annexation.
• 1191 – Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Conrad of Montferrat, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
• 1543 – King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
• 1562 – Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya.
• 1580 – The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
• 1690 – Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar) – The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II.
• 1691 – Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar) – The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
• 1790 – The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
• 1804 – Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in aduel.
• 1806 – Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
• 1812 – War of 1812: the United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
• 1862 – The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
• 1917 – The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• 1918 – The Japanese Imperial Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• 1920 – The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed. Soviet Russia recognises independent Lithuania.
• 1943 – World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka – German and Soviet forces engage in the largest tank engagement of all time.
• 1960 – Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
• 1961 – Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams. Half of Pune is submerged, more than 100,000 families need to be relocated and the death tally exceeds 2,000.
• 1962 – The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.
• 1967 – The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.
• 1970 – A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output.
• 1973 – A fire destroys the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
• 1975 – São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
• 1979 – The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from Great Britain.
• 1979 – Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park Chicago, IL
• 2006 – The Hezbollah initiate Operation True Promise.