Capture of Ascalon
Captures Ascsalon from the Saracens, Muslim resistance in the Holy Land ends
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August 12 in History
This permanent archive page contains 200 World History Database records for August 12, spanning 1101 to 2024. Recorded topics include Battle of Ascalon; Capture of Ascalon; Peace.
Total: 200Events: 169Births: 3Deaths: 9Battles: 19Countries: 32
Events on August 12
Capture of Ascalon
Captures Ascsalon from the Saracens, Muslim resistance in the Holy Land ends
Peace
Government reform is confirmed
Peace
Government reform is confirmed
Succession
The Committee at Berwick to hear the Scottish succession is adjournred for 1 year
Abdication
Marches into Constantinople & takes his father, John V, prisoner
Arrest of John V Palaeologus
Marches into Constantinople & takes his father, John V, prisoner
Siege of Constantinople
Marches into Constantinople & takes his father, John V, prisoner
Succession
Assumes full power as the King of England, declared to be of age
Capture of Cherbourg
The French capture Cherbourg
Execution
Executed after Edward's defeat at the Battle of Edgecot
Execution
Pro-Warwick rebels execute Woodville, father of Elizabeth Woodville Edward IVs Queen
Trial
After a hasty trial Woodville and his 2nd son are beheaded at Kenilworth
Peace
Opens negotiations with Louis XI
Cardinal
Asks Pope Leo in a letter to make Wolsey a Cardinal
Report on the Anglo-French peace to the Pope
Reports the Anglo-French peace to the Pope
Alliance Charles V and Wolsey in Bruges
Meets Wolsey in Bruges where the terms of a possible alliance are discussed
Spanish Armada, 1st
Although their shot lockers were almost empty, the English pursued in an attempt to prevent the enemy from returning to escort Parma.
Spanish Armada, 1st
By that point, the Spanish were suffering from thirst and exhaustion, and the only option left to Medina Sidonia was to chart a course home to Spain, by a very hazardous route
Spanish Armada, 1st
Howard calls a halt to the chase in the latitude of the Firth of Forth off Scotland but ut by that point, the Spanish are suffering from thirst and exhaustion, the only option left to Sidonia is to chart a course home to Spain, along the Atlantic
Spanish Armada, 1st
On 2 August Old Style (12 August New Style) Howard called a halt to the pursuit in the latitude of the Firth of Forth off Scotland.
Spanish Armada, 1st
On the day after the Battle of Gravelines, the wind had backed southerly, enabling Medina Sidonia to move his fleet northward away from the French coast.
Spanish Armada, 1st
Although their shot lockers were almost empty, the English pursued in an attempt to prevent the enemy from returning to escort Parma.
Spanish Armada, 1st
By that point, the Spanish were suffering from thirst and exhaustion, and the only option left to Medina Sidonia was to chart a course home to Spain, by a very hazardous route
Spanish Armada, 1st
Howard calls a halt to the chase in the latitude of the Firth of Forth off Scotland but ut by that point, the Spanish are suffering from thirst and exhaustion, the only option left to Sidonia is to chart a course home to Spain, along the Atlantic
Spanish Armada, 1st
On 2 August Old Style (12 August New Style) Howard called a halt to the pursuit in the latitude of the Firth of Forth off Scotland.
Spanish Armada, 1st
On the day after the Battle of Gravelines, the wind had backed southerly, enabling Medina Sidonia to move his fleet northward away from the French coast.
Invasion of Europe
Austro-Hungarians defeat the Turks & end Turkish expansion into Europe
Mobilization
Marlborough and Eugene join forces before the decisive battle near Blenheim.
Siege of Lille
Boufflers begins the defence of Lille against Marlborough and Eugene.
Capture of Madrid
Wellingtons Army enters Madrid, it is free from French occupation since Dec 1808
Siege of Madrid
Enters Madrid
Promotion
Azurduy is honoured as a patriot commander for her role in the Upper Peru struggle
Suicide
Death of Robert Stewart, commits suicide
End of Second de Theux Government
The Second de Theux Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as head of the Belgian government.
First Charles Rogier Government
Begins the First Charles Rogier Government in Brussels and serves as head of the Belgian government.
Annual Message to Congress
Lincoln sends his third annual message to Congress
Ten Percent Plan
Lincoln announces a reconstruction plan for loyal governments in former Confederate states
Armistice of Cormons
The Armistice of Cormons halts fighting between Austria and Italy.
Armistice of Cormons
Petitti Bagliani signs the armistice ending active operations between Italy and Austria.
Treaty with Bukhara
A peace settlement after Russian victories places the Emirate of Bukhara under strong Russian influence.
Commander of French Army
Appointed Commander of the French Army, takes over command from Napoleon III
Commander of French Army
Appointed Commander of the French Army, takes over command from Napoleon III
Dismissal
Forced to relinquish command
Mobilization
MacMahon regroups his forces at Chalons
Supreme Commander
Appointed Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander
Appointed Supreme Commander
Cabinet
Gladstone reshuffles his Cabinet
Rule of Khiva
Russia establishes a protectorate over the Khanate of Khiva after a military campaign.
Invention of Phonograph
Demonstrates 1st machine for recording at his "invention factory" at Menlo Park
Assassination of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin
The Socialist revolutionary maximalists make a failed attempt on stolypins life
Invention of Model T Ford
The first model T Ford roles off the production line
President of Bolivia
Villazon begins a constitutional Liberal Party presidency.
Britain Declares War on Austria
Great Britain enters war with Austria.
Capture of Shabatz
Austrian forces cross the Save and seize Shabatz
Declaration of War
Great Britain is at war with Austria
Declaration of War
Serbia declares war on Germany. Montenegro declares war on Germany
Declaration of War
Great Britain is at war with Austria
First Army
At the start of World War I, Rennenkampf was given command of the Russian First Army for the invasion of East Prussia, advancing from the North East
Invasion of Germany
Enters East Prussia ahead of Samsanovs Second Army. At the start of World War I, Rennenkampf was given command of the Russian First Army for the invasion of East Prussia, advancing from the North East
Western Front
The war on the Western Front, head of a group of cavalry divisions, does not lend itself well to cavalry as a form of offensive warfare, as he discovers at the Battle of Haelen in Belgium (the first cavalry engagement of the War)
Anafarta Spur Advance Ordered
The 163rd Brigade is ordered forward from the Suvla line to clear ground near Anafarta Spur and improve the connection toward Kiretch Tepe.
Fifth Norfolks Isolated beyond Brigade Line
Proctor-Beauchamp presses ahead with part of his battalion after support falls away, leaving the group isolated in broken ground.
Fifth Norfolks Lead 163rd Brigade Advance
Proctor-Beauchamp leads the 1/5th Norfolks on the right of the 163rd Brigade advance through difficult scrub-covered ground.
Proctor-Beauchamp Killed in Suvla Advance
Proctor-Beauchamp is killed during the failed 1/5th Norfolk advance from the Suvla sector.
Commission
Writes to Earl Cromer asking to present his own case without Counsel
Moscow State Conference
Addresses the Moscow State Conference seeking national unity.
Moscow State Conference
Receives conservative support during the Moscow State Conference.
ANZAC
The second phase of the offensive began on 21st August as the Second Battles of the Somme 1918. The French Tenth and 3rd Armies, and the British 3rd and First Army attacked. The ANZAC captured ground north of the Somme river at Peronne and Mont St. Quentin. Canadian forces captured ground near Queant
First Army
The second phase of the offensive began on 21st August as the Second Battles of the Somme 1918. The French Tenth and 3rd Armies, and the British 3rd and First Army attacked. The ANZAC captured ground north of the Somme river at Peronne and Mont St. Quentin. Canadian forces captured ground near Queant
Resignation of Wilhelm Carl Josef Cuno
Resigns due to the collapse of the German economy
Resignation of Chiang Kai-Shek
Resigns his Nationalist military and government posts amid internal Kuomintang opposition.
Resignation of Chiang Kai-Shek
Steps aside from command as rival Kuomintang factions seek reconciliation after the 1927 split.
Armament
Churchills first Speech in Parliament warning about German rearmament
Fall of Machado
Leaves Cuba after army pressure and mass opposition.
Peace
Armistice is declared between Japan and the Soviet Union after the outbreak of border fighting
Peace
An Armistice is declared between Japan and the Soviet Union after outbreak of border fighting
German Occupation
Hitler commences mobilization
Chain Home Attacks
Authorises attacks on radar stations during Adlerangriff.
Eagle Day
The fighters are called back because of the bad weather & 8 bombers are lost. 1st of 4 days to destroy British air superiority over Britain
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe operations target radar stations and Fighter Command airfields.
President of Argentina
Serves as acting president from August 12, 1940 to June 27, 1942 due to the illness of President Ortiz, who did not resign until less than a month before his death
Alliance Agreement
US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter in Argentia Bay (Newfoundland), the charter establishes common wartime principals and emphasised the strength of Anglo-American alliance despite US neutrality
Alliance Agreement
US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter in Argentia Bay (Newfoundland), the charter establishes common wartime principals and emphasised the strength of Anglo-American alliance despite US neutrality
Alliance Atlantic Charter
US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter in Argentia Bay (Newfoundland), the charter establishes common wartime principals and emphasised the strength of Anglo-American alliance despite US neutrality
Alliance Atlantic Charter
US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter in Argentia Bay (Newfoundland), the charter establishes common wartime principals and emphasised the strength of Anglo-American alliance despite US neutrality
Atlantic Charter
Concludes his Newfoundland meetings with Roosevelt.
Atlantic Charter
Returns with a joint declaration linking Britain more closely to America.
Atlantic Charter
US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter in Argentia Bay (Newfoundland), the charter establishes common wartime principals and emphasised the strength of Anglo-American alliance despite US neutrality
Atlantic Charter
Concludes the Atlantic Conference after four days of meetings.
Atlantic Charter
Leaves Newfoundland with agreement on common principles and strategic cooperation.
Atlantic Charter
US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter in Argentia Bay (Newfoundland), the charter establishes common wartime principals and emphasised the strength of Anglo-American alliance despite US neutrality
Neutrality
US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter in Argentia Bay (Newfoundland), the charter establishes common wartime principals and emphasised the strength of Anglo-American alliance despite US neutrality
Neutrality
US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter in Argentia Bay (Newfoundland), the charter establishes common wartime principals and emphasised the strength of Anglo-American alliance despite US neutrality
Capture of Krasnodar
Krasnodar was captured and German mountain troops hoisted the Nazi flag on the highest mountain of the Caucasus, Mount Elbrus
Charter
Declares the Allied war aims of world peace, freedom & self-determination
Commander of Eighth Army
Arrives at Cairo to take command of the Eighth Army
Commander of Eighth Army
Arrives at Cairo to take command of the Eighth Army
Promotion to Marshal of Italy
Bastico is promoted to Marshal of Italy while serving as the senior Italian commander in Libya.
General
Appointed General of the Infantry
General
Appointed General of the Infantry
Operation Totalize
Reaches Argentan where US & Anglo-Canadians are supposed to meet but are 25 miles away
Manhattan Project
General Leslie Groves had commissioned Smyth to write the Report at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project
General Leslie Groves had commissioned Smyth to write the Report at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project
The Smyth Report was the common name given to an administrative history written by physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth about the Allied World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb, the Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project
The Smyth Report was the common name given to an administrative history written by physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth about the Allied World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb, the Manhattan Project
Manhattan Project
The Smyth Report is released to the public, giving the first technical history of the development of the first atomic bombs
Smyth Report
General Leslie Groves had commissioned Smyth to write the Report at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project
Smyth Report
General Leslie Groves had commissioned Smyth to write the Report at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project
Smyth Report
The Smyth Report was the common name given to an administrative history written by physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth about the Allied World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb, the Manhattan Project
Smyth Report
The Smyth Report was the common name given to an administrative history written by physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth about the Allied World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb, the Manhattan Project
Smyth Report
The Smyth Report is released to the public, giving the first technical history of the development of the first atomic bombs
Smyth Report
The Smyth Report is released to the public, giving the first technical history of the development of the first atomic bombs
Smyth Report
The Smyth Report was the common name given to an administrative history written by physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth about the Allied World War II effort to develop the atomic bomb, the Manhattan Project. The Smyth Report is released to the public, giving the first technical history of the development of the first atomic bombs
Invention of Hydrogen Bomb
Helps Russia test its own Hydrogen bomb
RDS-6s Test
Contributes to the design tested as the Soviet Union's first thermonuclear device.
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Appointed Member of Soviet Academy of Sciences
Soviet Thermonuclear Device
The achievement marks soviet thermonuclear device as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Echo I Satellite Message
Records a message transmitted in connection with the Echo I communications-satellite experiment.
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall goes up after 2,000 East Germans cross into the west the day before
Crisis
The Warsaw Pact calls on East Germany for "protection & control" of the Berlin borders
Warsaw Pact Backs Berlin Border Controls
Warsaw Pact governments support East German measures to tighten controls around Berlin.
Warsaw Pact Organisation
The Warsaw Pact calls on East Germany for "protection & control" of the Berlin borders
Paired Orbital Flight
The achievement marks paired orbital flight as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Vostok 4
Pilots Vostok 4 while two crewed spacecraft operate in orbit together.
Charges Dismissed
Charges against Bringuier and the other Cuban exiles were dismissed while Oswald pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace.
Disturbing Peace Guilty Plea
Oswald pleaded guilty to disturbing the peace on August 12, 1963, and paid a ten-dollar fine.
Leafleting Case Guilty Plea
Oswald pleaded guilty to the disturbing-the-peace charge arising from the August 9 confrontation and paid a ten-dollar fine.
President of Poland
Appointed President of Poland
Prices and Incomes Act
The Act provides statutory powers to restrain wage and price increases.
The Kids Are Alright
Release The Kids Are Alright as a single.
Postal Reorganization Act
Signs the Postal Reorganization Act
Ellsberg Profile Material Submission
Hunt supplied material during White House contacts that contributed to CIA work on a psychological assessment of Daniel Ellsberg.
Eleventh Party Congress
Hua Guofeng presides over the Eleventh Party Congress, which declares the Cultural Revolution over
ISEE 3 Solar Wind Observatory Launch
Helps establish ISEE 3 as the first spacecraft placed near the Sun-Earth L1 region, where it can sample the solar wind before that plasma reaches Earth's magnetosphere.
Sinoese Treaty
A Treaty of friendship is signed between China & Japan
Islamic Revolutionary Council
Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, during the Islamic Revolutionary Council
Islamic Revolutionary Council
Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, during the Islamic Revolutionary Council
Prime Minister of Iran
Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, during the Islamic Revolutionary Council
Prime Minister of Iran
Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, during the Islamic Revolutionary Council
Bombing of Beirut
Israel stages heavy bombardments of Beirut, the United Nations Security council expresses its most serious concern about continued military activities in Lebanon, particularly in and around Beirut
Bombing of Beirut
Israel stages heavy bombardments of Beirut, the United Nations Security council expresses its most serious concern about continued military activities in Lebanon, particularly in and around Beirut
Invasion of Lebanon
Israel stages heavy bombardments of Beirut, the United Nations Security council expresses its most serious concern about continued military activities in Lebanon, particularly in and around Beirut
Invasion of Lebanon
Israel stages heavy bombardments of Beirut, the United Nations Security council expresses its most serious concern about continued military activities in Lebanon, particularly in and around Beirut
UN Security Council
Israel stages heavy bombardments of Beirut, the United Nations Security council expresses its most serious concern about continued military activities in Lebanon, particularly in and around Beirut
UN Security Council
Israel stages heavy bombardments of Beirut, the United Nations Security council expresses its most serious concern about continued military activities in Lebanon, particularly in and around Beirut
War Cabinet
The War Cabinet is dissolved
War Cabinet Dissolved
Dissolves the Falklands War Cabinet.
Government
Jokes on the radio about bombing Russia
Acting President Takes Office
Aye Ko serves briefly as acting head of state
Presidency Ends
Sein Lwin resigns after violent repression of protests
Resignation of Sein Lwin
Resigns as Party Chairman after rioting in Rangoon
Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Is hospitalised and diagnosed with tuberculosis.
Tygerberg Hospital Admission
Receives treatment during a serious decline in prison health.
Republic of the Serbian People of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The name Republika Srpska is adopted
Alliance Agreement
Leaders of Georgia and Ukraine called for an alliance that would champion democracy in the former Soviet lands
Alliance Georgia and Ukraine
Leaders of Georgia and Ukraine called for an alliance that would champion democracy in the former Soviet lands
Independence of Georgia
Leaders of Georgia and Ukraine called for an alliance that would champion democracy in the former Soviet lands
Manchester United Transfer
Signs for Manchester United after impressing against the English club.
Move to English Football
Becomes the first Portuguese player to represent Manchester United.
Ban
USADA announces a lifetime ban from competition, applicable to all sports which follow the World Anti-Doping Agency code
Olympics Closing Ceremony
Perform at the London Olympics closing ceremony.
European Super Cup Brace
Scores both goals as Real Madrid defeat Sevilla 2-0 to win the European Super Cup.
Charlottesville Remarks
Faces criticism for saying there were “fine people on both sides” after a deadly rally.
Parker Solar Probe Launch
Guides the Parker Solar Probe science programme as the spacecraft launches to make the closest direct measurements yet of the solar wind and the solar corona.
Presidential Re-Election
Keita wins the presidential runoff against Soumaila Cisse.
Kursk Operation Statement
Says Ukrainian forces control about one thousand square kilometres in Russia's Kursk region.
Kursk Response
Orders Russian forces to respond to Ukraine's Kursk incursion.
Kursk Response
Promises to drive Ukrainian forces out of Kursk Oblast
Births on August 12
Birth of George IV
Birth of George IV, eldest son of George III & Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Birth of Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schr”dinger
Birth of Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schr”dinger
Birth of Amanda Redman
Birth of Amanda Redman
Deaths on August 12
Death of John Woodville
Death of John Woodville
Death of Richard Woodville
Death of Richard Woodville
Death of Innocent Odescalchi
Dies after a pontificate marked by opposition to Louis XIV
Death of Stewart
Death of Robert Stewart, commits suicide
Death of William Blake
Death of William Blake
Death of George Stephenson
Death of George Stephenson
Death of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin
The Socialist revolutionary maximalists make a failed attempt on stolypins life
Death of Thomas Mann
Death of Thomas Mann
Death of Henry Fonda
Death of Henry Fonda
Battles on August 12
Battle of Ascalon
50,000 Egyptians under al-Adfal are defeated by 10,000 under Godfrey de Bouillon
Battle of Ascalon
Ends Muslim resistance to to Christian occupation of the Holy Land
Battle of Ascalon
Ends Muslim resistance to to Christian occupation of the Holy Land. 50,000 Egyptians under al-Adfal are defeated by 10,000 under Godfrey de Bouillon
Battle of Renty
Defeated by the French who end Charles invasion of Picardy
Battle of Bergen
Commands the Dutch merchant convoy that resists the English attack at Bergen.
Battle of Bergen
Danish policy shapes the outcome when English ships attack a Dutch convoy at Bergen.
Battle of Bergen
Attacks the Dutch East India convoy in Bergen harbour and is repulsed by Danish batteries.
Battle of Mohacs
Austro-Hungarians defeat the Turks & end Turkish expansion into Europe
Battle of Kunersdorf
Frederick II the Great is repulsed by the Austrn Army under Laudon & Soltikov
Battle of Haelen
The war on the Western Front, head of a group of cavalry divisions, does not lend itself well to cavalry as a form of offensive warfare, as he discovers at the Battle of Haelen in Belgium (the first cavalry engagement of the War). Advance squadrons of Georg von der Marwitzs cavalry corps prove unable to defeat a single Belgian cavalry division under de Witte guarding the Haelen bridge
Battle of the Somme, 2nd
The second phase of the offensive began on 21st August as the Second Battles of the Somme 1918. The French Tenth and 3rd Armies, and the British 3rd and First Army attacked. The ANZAC captured ground north of the Somme river at Peronne and Mont St. Quentin. Canadian forces captured ground near Queant
Battle of Britain
"Never in the field of human conflict, was so much owed by so many to so few"
Battle of Britain
Germany has lost 1,733 planes compared to British loses of 915
Battle of Britain
Luftwaffe attacks switch to British airfields and radar stations.
Battle of Britain
Luftwaffe raids strike Manston, Hawkinge, Lympne and radar sites.
Battle of Britain
Orders attacks against airfields and radar stations during the Battle of Britain.
Battle of Britain
Orders systematic attacks on RAF airfields and radar stations.
Battle of Britain
Directs fighter interceptions during attacks on south-eastern airfields.
Battle of Britain
Uses radar and sector control to preserve Fighter Command's response.