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It happened today – this day in history – July 12
1109: Crusaders capture Tripoli. 1191: Richard I (the Lionheart) and crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine. 1542: French troops occupy Flanders. 1543: Henry VIII marries his sixth wife, Catherine Parr. 1549: Robert Kett’s uprising occupies Norwich over …