What is July 12?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[927]] &ndash; [[Aethelstan]], [[King]] of [[England]], secures a pledge from [[Constantine II of Scotland]] that he (Constantine) will not ally with [[Viking]] [[King]]s, beginning the process of unifying [[Great Britain]]. * [[1191]] &ndash; [[Third Crusade]]: [[Saladin]]'s garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year [[siege]] of [[Acre]]. * [[1470]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire]] capture [[Euboea]]. * [[1493]] &ndash; [[Hartmann Schedel]]'s [[Nuremberg]] [[Chronicle]], one of the best-documented early printed [[book]]s, is published. * [[1543]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII of England]] married his sixth and last wife, [[Catherine Parr]] at [[Hampton Court Palace]]. * [[1561]] &ndash; [[Moscow]]'s [[St. Basil's Cathedral]] is [[Consecration|consecrated]]. * [[1562]] &ndash; [[Diego de Landa]], acting [[Bishop]] of [[Yucatán]], burns the sacred books of the [[Maya civilization|Maya]]. * [[1573]] &ndash; Spanish forces under the [[Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva|Duke of Alva]] capture [[Haarlem]] after a seven-month siege. * [[1580]] &ndash; The Ostrog Bible is published. It is one of the early printed Bibles in a [[Slavic language]]. * [[1690]] &ndash; [[Williamite War in Ireland]]: [[Battle of the Boyne]] ([[Gregorian calendar]]) – The army of [[William III of England]] defeats that of the deposed [[James II of England|King James VII of Scotland and II of England]]. * [[1691]] &ndash; [[Williamite War in Ireland]]: [[Battle of Aughrim]] ([[Julian calendar]]) – The decisive victory of [[William III of England|William III]]'s forces in Ireland. * [[1730]] &ndash; Lorenzo Corsini, in old age and almost blind, becomes [[Pope Clement XII]]. * [[1759]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]] – [[French and Indian War]]: [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] cannon start firing on [[France|French]] at [[Quebec City]], from Lévis, [[Quebec]]. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[James Cook]] begins his voyage. * [[1801]] &ndash; [[French Revolutio