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History Events on July 12

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History Events on July 12

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São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.

#São_Tomé_and_Príncipe

In 1975

The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.

#Titus

In 70

Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.

#Hartmann_Schedel

In 1493

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.

#Civil_Constitution_of_the_Clergy

In 1790

British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.

#Second_Battle_of_Algeciras

In 1801

The Ottomans capture Euboea.

#Ottoman_Empire

In 1470

Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.

#Battle_of_Aughrim

In 1691

Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.

#Kingdom_of_Serbia

In 1913

The Soviet-Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.

#Soviet-Lithuanian_Peace_Treaty

In 1920

The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.

#Ostrog_Bible

In 1580

German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.

#Nazi_Germany

In 1943

The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at London's Marquee Club.

#The_Rolling_Stones

In 1962

In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.

#Jacques_Necker

In 1789

U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against civilians in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.

#United_States_Army

In 2007

The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.

#Bisbee_Deportation

In 1917

Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.

#Orlyonok

In 1960

The 2006 Lebanon War begins.

#2006_Lebanon_War

In 2006

King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north.

#Constantine_II_of_Scotland

In 927

Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred books of the Maya.

#Diego_de_Landa

In 1562

The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.

#Imperial_Japanese_Navy

In 1918

The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

#Kiribati

In 1979

The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.

#Ulster_Volunteer_Force

In 1998

Mughal Empire annexes Bengal after defeating the Bengal Sultanate at the Battle of Raj Mahal.

#Mughal_Empire

In 1576

Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.

#Third_Crusade

In 1191

Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.

#James_Cook

In 1776

Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.

#David_Ben-Gurion

In 1948

A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.

#National_Personnel_Records_Center_fire

In 1973

Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).

#Ranjit_Singh

In 1799

The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.

#Medal_of_Honor

In 1862

Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.

#India

In 1961

Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.

#Brétigny-sur-Orge_train_crash

In 2013

Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.

#Gorton

In 1963

The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.

#Australian_Aboriginal_Flag

In 1971

A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.

In 2012

Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.

In 2012

Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.

In 1967

The American Army of the Northwest briefly occupies the Upper Canadian settlement at what is now at Windsor, Ontario.

In 1812

Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.

In 1806

King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

In 1543

Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to M?c ??ng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the M?c dynasty.

In 1527

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