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On This Day · The 193rd day of the year

July 12

250 years on from James Cook, July 12 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

♋ZodiacCancer ◈BirthstoneRuby ❀Birth flowerLarkspur

Cancer is the sign for July 12 — read more on the Cancer page, or see July's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on July 12?

July 12 is the 193rd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1776 and 2007. Famous people born on July 12 include Julius Caesar, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco and Malala Yousafzai.

Released on July 12

Movies, games, albums & shows

2023

  • Game Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1776

    James Cook

  2. 1806

    Bavaria

  3. 1847

    1847 Woodstock riot

  4. 1920

    Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty

  5. 1943

    World War II

  6. 1961

    India

  7. 1975

    São Tomé and Príncipe

  8. 1979

    Kiribati

  9. 1998

    France national football team

  10. 2007

    United States Army

Famous birthday twins

Born on July 12

Julius Caesar

b. -100

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco

b. 1675

Malala Yousafzai

b. 1997

Pablo Neruda

b. 1904

Stelios Giannakopoulos

b. 1974

Tod Browning

b. 1880

Stefan George

b. 1868

Günther Anders

b. 1902

Deaths

  • 1983Chris Wood (rock musician)
  • 1966D. T. Suzuki
  • 1945Wolfram von Richthofen
  • 1892Alexander Cartwright
  • 1742Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco
  • 1536Erasmus

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Eastern Orthodox)
  • —Christian feast day: Hermagoras and Fortunatus
  • —Christian feast day: Jason of Thessalonica (Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: John Gualbert
  • —Christian feast day: Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin
  • —Christian feast day: Nabor and Felix
  • —Christian feast day: Nathan Söderblom (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA))
  • —Christian feast day: Veronica

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