Historical Events In March - 12

0417  On March - 12 innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies   

0538  On March - 12 witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.   

0604  On this day in history gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64   

0641  A.D. Chinese Princess Wen Cheng goes to Tibet to marry the Tibetan ruler and the marriage becomes the basis for China's claim to sovereignty over the region on this day in history.   

1000  Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III on this day in history.   

1054  On this day in history pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome   

1144  Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II on this day in history.   

1209  On March - 12 djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies   

1336  On this day in history eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern   

1350  On March - 12 orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples   

1365  University of Vienna founded on March - 12.   

1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1479  On this day in history giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence   

1496  Jews are expelled from Syria on this day in history.   

1496  On this day in history johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies   

1507  Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 on this day in history.   

1515  On this day in history caspar Othmayr, composer   

1563  On March - 12 john Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies   

1570  Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

1572  On March - 12 luos Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal   

1572  On March - 12 luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal   

1587  English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower on March - 12.   

1594  On March - 12 company of Distant established for business on East-Indies   

1597  England routes troops to Amiens on March - 12.   

1609  On March - 12 bermuda becomes an English colony   

1619  Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia on March - 12.   

1622  Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint on this day in history.   

1628  John Bull, English organist/composer, dies on this day in history.   

1642  On March - 12 abel Tasman is first European in New Zealand   

1642  Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand on March - 12.   

1648  On this day in history tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63   

1664  On this day in history first naturalization act in American colonies   

1664  On this day in history new Jersey becomes a British colony   

1664  1st naturalization act in American colonies on this day in history.   

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1270  Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325) was born on this day in history.   

1336  On this day in history birth of eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern   

1479  On March - 12 birth of giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence   

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on March - 12.   

1607  On this day in history birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)   

1613  André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.   

1620  Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)   

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on this day in history.   

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on March - 12.   

1209  On this day in history djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies   

1289  On this day in history death of king Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)   

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on this day in history.   

1447  Death of Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377) on March - 12.   

1471  On this day in history dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies   

1496  On March - 12 johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies