About July 12

July 12, 2025 is the 193rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 172 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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Cancer is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 220 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On July 12

  • 927 –
    Æthelstan, King of England, secures a pledge from Constantine II of Scotland that the latter will not ally with Viking kings, beginning the process of unifying Great Britain.
  • 1191 –
    Third Crusade: Saladin’s garrison surrenders to Conrad of Montferrat, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
  • 1493 –
    Hartmann Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.
  • 1561 –
    Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow is consecrated.
  • 1580 –
    The Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, is published.
  • 1690 –
    Battle of the Boyne (Julian calendar) – The armies of William III defeat those of the former James II.
  • 1789 –
    French revolutionary and radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gave a speech, following hearing the news that France’s financial minister Jacques Necker has been dismissed. The speech called the citizens to arms, which lead to the falling of the Bastille two days later.
  • 1790 –
    The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
  • 1804 –
    Former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton dies a day after being shot in a duel.
  • 1812 –
    War of 1812: the United States invade Canada at Windsor, Ontario.
  • 1913 –
    Second Balkan War: Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
  • 1917 –
    The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
  • 1918 –
    The Japanese Imperial Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
  • 1932 –
    Hedley Verity takes a cricket world record 10 wickets for 10 runs in a county match for Yorkshire
  • 1960 –
    Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
  • 1967 –
    The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.
  • 1970 –
    A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output.
  • 1975 –
    São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
  • 1979 –
    Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park Chicago, IL
  • 2007 –
    U.S. Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.

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