Page 2: Historical Events In March - 12

1681  On this day in history french van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45   

1685  George Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne on March - 12.   

1689  Former English King James II lands in Ireland on this day in history.   

1710  On March - 12 the birth of Thomas Arne, Composer of operas and 'Rule Brittania'   

1710  Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia) on this day in history.   

1734  Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1737  Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy on March - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1755  On this day in history georges Couthon, French politician   

1758  Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician [or March 22] on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history carolus Antonius Fodor, composer   

1773  Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor   

1789  On March - 12 uS Post Office established   

1793  Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer on this day in history.   

1799  On March - 12 austria declares war on France   

1800  On March - 12 louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian   

1806  Jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady (1853-57) on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history gerrit van der Linde Jz, "Schoolmaster", Dutch poet   

1814  British troops under Wellington capture Bordeaux in France on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history david Stuart, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868   

1818  On this day in history john Lorimar Worden, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1897   

1821  On March - 12 john Abbott, Quebec Canada, (C) 3rd Canadian PM (1891-92)   

1823  On this day in history william Flank Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

1824  On this day in history gustav R Kirchoff, Prussia, physicist (spectral analysis)   

1824  On this day in history heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48   

1826  Robert Lowry, composer on March - 12.   

1827  John Robert Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on March - 12.   

1830  On this day in history william Felix Brantley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870   

1831  Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker) on March - 12.   

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

1832  The ballet La Sylphide first premieres at the Opéra de Paris 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  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence was born on March - 12.   

1515  On March - 12 birth of caspar Othmayr, composer   

1607  Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born on March - 12.   

1613  On March - 12 birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)   

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

1626  On March - 12 birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)   

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

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

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on March - 12.   

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

1374  On March - 12 death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)   

1447  On this day in history death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)   

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

1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on this day in history.