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This Day in History
Today: July 12, 2026
70
The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
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.
1191
Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.[1]
1335
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1470
The Ottomans capture Euboea.[3]
1488
Joseon Dynasty official Choe Bu returned to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China.[4]
1493
Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
1527
Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.
1543
King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.[5]
1562
Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya.[6]
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