Today in History on This Day in History This Day in History for Monday 12th August 2013 Events 1 - 15 of 178 3 - Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem 1071 - Alp Arslan beat Byzantines, emperor Romanos IV Diogenes 1099 - Battle at Ascalon: Godfried of Broth leading the Crusaders beats Egyptians Fatimid army 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 endswool export to Flanders 1480 - Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam. 1492 - Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World 1499 - First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets. 1508 - Juan Ponce de Leon arrives in Puerto Rico 1530 - Florence surrenders for emperor Karel I 1549 - French troops occupy Ambleteuse England 1553 - Pope Julius III orders confiscation & burning of Jewish Talmud
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