July 12 AD 70 The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after six months of battle. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
July 12 1191 Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
July 12 1537 Battle of Albancay: Diego de Almagrodefeated by army led by Alonso de Alvarado on behalf of Francisco Pizarro
July 12 1542 French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupy Flanders
July 12 1576 Mughal Empire annexes Bengal after defeating the Bengal Sultanate at the Battle of Raj Mahal.[1]
July 12 1691 Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
July 12 1745 Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlie's frigate Doutelle [NS]
July 12 1774 Cossack leader Emilian Pugachevs army occupies Kazan
July 12 1794 Captain Horatio Nelson, whilst ashore in Corsica directing a bombardment of enemy positions, suffered permanent damage to his right eye from incoming Fire
July 12 1801 British ships inflict heavy damage on Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras.
July 12 1812 The American Army of the Northwest briefly occupies the Upper Canadian settlement at what is now at Windsor, Ontario.
July 12 1871 HMS DEVASTATION is launched at HMNB Portsmouth, the first mastless turret ship.
July 12 1862 The Medal of Honor is authorized by the United States Congress.
July 12 1862 Federal troops occupy Helena, Arkansas
July 12 1863 In New Zealand, British forces invade Waikato, home of the Maori King Movement, beginning a new phase of the wars between Maori and Colonial British
July 12 1913 Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
July 12 1918 The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
July 12 1943 German and Soviet forces engage in one of the largest armored engagements of all time.
July 12 1998 The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
July 12 2006 The 2006 Lebanon War begins.
July 12 2007 U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
July 12 2012 Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.[2]
July 12 2012 A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
July 12 2019 HMS Montrose a Royal Navy Frigate intercepted 3 Iranian fast patrol boats as they tried to interfere with the British tanker British Heritage. This was linked to the incident that took place on 05 July 2019 involving the tanker Grace 1
Today in Military History September 12
1897 21 Sikh soldiers of the Army of British India where killed at Saragarhi hill fort https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2020...
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283 Battle of the Gulf of Naples : Roger of Lauria , admiral to King Peter III of Aragon , captures Charles of Salerno . 1288 Battle... -
July 24 1132 Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. July 24 1148 Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus ... -
July 19 711 Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Battle of Guadalete: Umayyad forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by King Roder...
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