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Year 927

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.

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Year 1191

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

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Year 1470

The Ottomans capture Euboea.

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Year 1493

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

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Year 1527

Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.

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Year 1543

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

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Year 1561

Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.

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Year 1562

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

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Year 1580

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

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Year 1690

Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar): The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II.

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Birthdays on 12 July 222

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Ashikaga Yoshinori

b. 1394 – d. 1441

Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)

Juan del Encina

b. 1468 – d. 1530

Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1530)

Jacopo Sadoleto

b. 1477 – d. 1547

Jacopo Sadoleto, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)

Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland

b. 1549 – d. 1587

Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (d. 1587)

Michael I of Russia

b. 1596 – d. 1645

Michael I, Russian tsar (b. 1596)

Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk

b. 1628 – d. 1684

Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1684)

Margaret Theresa of Spain

b. 1651 – d. 1673

Margaret Theresa of Spain (d. 1673)

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco

b. 1675 – d. 1742

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1675)

Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet

b. 1712 – d. 1779

Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, Colonial governor of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay (d. 1779)

Josiah Wedgwood

b. 1730 – d. 1795

Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (d. 1795)

Peter Chanel

b. 1803 – d. 1841

Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)

Thomas Hawksley

b. 1807 – d. 1893

Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)

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Deaths on 12 July 96

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Viventiolus

d. 524 (b. 460)

Viventiolus, archbishop of Lyon (b. 460)

Bertrada of Laon

d. 783 (b. 720)

Bertrada of Laon, Frankish queen (b. 720)

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Meng Chang

d. 965 (b. 919)

Meng Chang, emperor of Later Shu (b. 919)

John Komnenos (Domestic of the Schools)

d. 1067

John Komnenos, Byzantine general

Ashikaga Yoshinori

d. 1441 (b. 1394)

Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)

Kyōgoku Takakazu (d. 1441)

d. 1441

Kyōgoku Takakazu, Japanese nobleman

Bahlul Lodi

d. 1489

Bahlul Lodi, sultan of Delhi

Desiderius Erasmus

d. 1536 (b. 1466)

Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch priest and philosopher (b. 1466)

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Steven Borough

d. 1584 (b. 1525)

Steven Borough, English explorer and navigator (d. 1584)

William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath

d. 1623 (b. 1557)

William Bourchier, 3rd Earl of Bath (b. 1557)

Michael I of Russia

d. 1645 (b. 1596)

Michael I, Russian tsar (b. 1596)

Stefano della Bella

d. 1664 (b. 1610)

Stefano della Bella, Italian illustrator and engraver (b. 1610)

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