On This Day in History for August 12
Events in History
- 3 Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem
- 1099 Battle of Ascalon won by Crusader army led by Godfrey of Bouillon against Fatimid force, last action of the First Crusade
- 1121 Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi
- 1164 Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch
- 1323 Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the first time
- 1332 Battle of Dupplin Moor; Scottish dynastic battle
- 1336 English King Edward III ends wool export to Flanders
- 1480 Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam
- More Events in History
Christian III
Erwin Schrödinger
Alexei Nikolaevich
Guy Gibson
George Soros
François HollandeWeddings in History
- 1806 Frontiersman Davy Crockett (20) weds Polly Finley in Tennessee
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Cleopatra
William Blake
George Stephenson
John Philip Holland
Arthur Griffith
William ShockleyAugust in History
Funeral of Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI's body lying in view in the Vatican after his death
August 11, 1978
Ship of Gold Sails Into Oblivion
A frigate with more than 150 souls on board, as well as nearly three tons of gold, sailed out of Melbourne on this day – never to be seen again.
August 12, 1853
Defiance in the Hundred Years' War
Up Yours! Threatened archers develop a new sign of defiance as the blistering Hundred Years' War continues to rage between England and France.
August 13, 1415
A Royal Fantasy!
Otto Witte, a German acrobat and fantasist
August 13, 1913