Historical Events In March - 12

1681  French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45 on March - 12.  

1685  On March - 12 george Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne  

1689  On March - 12 former English King James II lands in Ireland  

1710  The birth of Thomas Arne, Composer of operas and 'Rule Brittania' on this day in history.  

1710  On March - 12 thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia)  

1734  On this day in history antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74  

1737  On March - 12 galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy  

1753  On March - 12 george Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday  

1755  On March - 12 first steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine  

1755  1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine on March - 12.  

1755  On March - 12 georges Couthon, French politician  

1758  Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician [or March 22] on March - 12.  

1768  On March - 12 carolus Antonius Fodor, composer  

1773  On this day in history jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago  

1788  Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor on this day in history.  

1789  On March - 12 uS Post Office established  

1793  On March - 12 augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer  

1799  Austria declares war on France on March - 12.  

1800  Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian on this day in history.  

1806  On March - 12 jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady (1853-57)  

1808  On March - 12 gerrit van der Linde Jz, "Schoolmaster", Dutch poet  

1814  British troops under Wellington capture Bordeaux in France on March - 12.  

1816  David Stuart, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 on March - 12.  

1818  On March - 12 john Lorimar Worden, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1897  

1821  John Abbott, Quebec Canada, (C) 3rd Canadian PM (1891-92) on March - 12.  

1823  On March - 12 william Flank Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901  

1824  Gustav R Kirchoff, Prussia, physicist (spectral analysis) on this day in history.  

1824  Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1826  Robert Lowry, composer on this day in history.  

1827  John Robert Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on this day in history.  

1830  On March - 12 william Felix Brantley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870  

1831  Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker) on this day in history.  

1831  On this day in history johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64  

1832  On this day in history the ballet La Sylphide first premieres at the Opéra de Paris.  

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1270  On March - 12 birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)  

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

1479  On this day in history 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  On March - 12 birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)  

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  On March - 12 gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64  

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 this day in history.  

1471  On March - 12 dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies  

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