On This Day In History On This Day In History: Spanish Priest Diego de Landa Burned The Sacred Books Of Maya – On July 12, 1562MessageToEagle.com | July 12, 2016 MessageToEagle.com – On July 12, 1562, Spanish Franciscan priest and bishop of Yucatán, Diego de Landa, burns the sacred books of the Maya. After hearing of Roman Catholic Maya who Read More