TODAY in HISTORY
Today is Thrusday, July 12, the 193rd day of 2018. There are 172 days left in the year.
1191 Third Crusade: Saladin’s garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two- year siege of Acre.
1493 Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best- documented early printed books, is published.
1527 Lê Cung Hoang ceded the throne to Mac Dang Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mac dynasty.
1543 King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.
Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, is consecrated.
1562 Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred books of the Maya.
1580 The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published. 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.
1799 Ranjit Singh conquers Lahore and becomes Maharaja of the Punjab ( Sikh Empire).
1801 British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.
1804 Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.
1806 Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
1862 The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
1913 Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
1943 German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
1960 Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
1962 The Rolling Stones perform their first concert, at London’s Marquee Club.
1975 São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
1979 The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1998 The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
2007 U. S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
2012 Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh.