What events happened on July 12?

What events happened on July 12?

👉 HOLIDAYS:

🇺🇳 International Day to Combat Sand and Dust Storms.
🌏 Malala Day.

🔹 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:

🇮🇷 Iran – Hijab and Chastity Day.
🇰🇮 Kiribati – Independence Day.
🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe – Independence Day.
🇲🇳 Mongolia – Nadam Festival.

👉 EVENTS:

– 464 – Liu Jie became the 6th Emperor of the Southern Sun after the death of his father Xiao-di.
– 1573 – The Spanish army led by the Duke of Alba captured the city of Haarlem after a 7-month siege.
– 1580 – The complete Bible was published.
– 1590 – The city of Saratov was founded.
– 1679 – The English King Charles II issued a document guaranteeing the judicial rights of citizens.
– 1776 – James Cook set off from Plymouth on his last expedition.
– 1806 – Napoleon formed the Confederation of the Rhine of the German states.
– 1862 – The highest military award of the United States – the Medal of Honor – was established.
– 1901 – The Reichstag established the possibility of a duel.
– 1917 – During the First World War, mustard gas was used for the first time in the world.
– 1920 – A peace treaty was signed between Lithuania and the RSFSR.
– 1943 – The Battle of Prokhorovka.
– 1962 – The Rolling Stones’ first concert in London.
– 1988 – The Nagorno-Karabakh region declared its secession from Azerbaijan.
– 1993 – An earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale strikes the Japanese island of Hokkaido, killing 230 people.
– 1998 – The French football team wins the World Cup for the first time, defeating Brazil in the final.
– 2006 – Hezbollah militants launch an attack that sparks the Israeli-Lebanese conflict.
– 2009 – Dalia Grybauskaitė becomes the first female president of Lithuania.
– 2011 – Neptune completes its first full orbit around the Sun since the planet was discovered in 1846.
– 2021 – Floods hit Europe, killing more than 190 people, including more than 150 in Germany.