On This Day: July 12th

Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burns the sacred idols and books of the Maya.

King Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace.

Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.

Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, is published.

Joseon Dynasty official Choe Bu returned to Korea after months of shipwrecked travel in China.

The Ottomans capture Euboea.

Pope Benedict XII issues the papal bull Fulgens sicut stella matutina to reform the Cistercian Order.

Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrenders to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre.

King Constantine II of Scotland, King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Ealdred of Bamburgh and King Owain of the Cumbrians accepted the overlordship of King Æthelstan of England, leading to seven years of peace in the north.

The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.