July 12
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Events
- 1191 - Saladin's garrison surrenders, ending the two-year siege of Acre. Conrad of Montferrat, who has negotiated the surrender, raises the banners of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and of the Third Crusade leaders Richard I of England, Philip II of France, and Leopold V of Austria on the city's walls and towers.
- 1580 - Ostrog Bible, the first printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published.
- 1804 - Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies after being shot in a duel.
- 1806 - Sixteen German imperial states leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine.
- 1812 - War of 1812: The United States invades Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
- 1917 - The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
- 1943 - World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka - German and Soviet forces engage in largest tank engagement of all time.
- 2006 - 2006 Lebanon War: Israeli troops invade Lebanon
Births
- 100 BC - Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader (d. 44 BC) (born either July 12 or July 13)
- 1817 - Henry David Thoreau, American writer and philosopher (d. 1862)
- 1854 - George Eastman, American inventor (d. 1932)
- 1864 - George Washington Carver, American botanist (d. 1943)
- 1868 - Stefan George, German poet (d. 1933)
- 1895 - Buckminster Fuller, American architect (d. 1983)
- 1934 - Van Cliburn, American pianist
- 1937 - Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister of France 1997-2002
Deaths
- 1804 - Alexander Hamilton, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1755)
- 1849 - Dolley Madison, 4th First Lady Of The United States (b. 1768)
- 1935 - Alfred Dreyfus, French military officer (b. 1859)
- 1945 - Wolfram von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)
- 1949 - Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland (b. 1860)
- 1996 - John Chancellor, American television journalist (b. 1927)
