What is August 12?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[30 BC]] &ndash; [[Cleopatra VII]], [[Queen]] of [[Egypt]], commits [[suicide]]. * [[1099]] &ndash; [[First Crusade]]: [[Battle of Ascalon]] – [[Crusaders]] defeat [[Saracens]] and the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] is established under [[Godfrey of Bouillon]]. * [[1121]] &ndash; [[Battle of Didgori]]: The [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n [[army]] under [[David IV of Georgia]] wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi. * [[1164]] &ndash; [[Battle of Harim]]: [[Nur ad-Din Zangi]] defeats the [[Crusade]]r [[Army|armies]] of the County of Tripoli and the [[Principality]] of [[Antioch]]. * [[1323]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Nöteborg]] – [[Sweden]] and [[Novgorod]] ([[Russia]]) regulates the border for the first time * [[1332]] &ndash; [[Battle of Dupplin Moor]] – Scots under the [[Donald Mormaer, 8th Earl of Mar|Earl of Mar]] are routed by [[Edward Balliol]]. * [[1480]] &ndash; [[Battle of Otranto]]: Ottoman troops behead 800 [[Christianity|Christians]] for refusing to convert to [[Islam]]. * [[1499]] &ndash; [[Battle of Zonchio]]: between [[Venice|Venetian]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] fleets. * [[1596]] &ndash; The [[Poland|Polish]]–[[Lithuania]]n Commonwealth is created. * [[1624]] &ndash; The President of [[Louis XIII of France]]'s royal council is arrested, leaving [[Cardinal Richelieu]] in the role of the [[King]]'s principal minister. * [[1665]] &ndash; The [[Navy|naval]] [[battle]] of the Bay of Bergen takes place during the Anglo–Dutch War, ending in a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] victory over English forces. * [[1676]] &ndash; [[King Philip's War]] ends. * [[1793]] &ndash; [[Rhone (department)|Rhone]] and [[Loire (department)|Loire]] [[Departments of France|departments]] in [[France]] are created. * [[1806]] &ndash; [[Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires]] retakes the [[city]] of [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]], after the first British invasion. * [[1825]] &ndash; [[Simón Bolívar]] become president of Colombia. * [[1831]] &ndash; French