Historical Events For March - 12

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

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

1689  Former English King James II lands in Ireland on March - 12.  

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 March - 12.  

1737  On this day in history galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy  

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

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

1755  1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine on this day in history.  

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1755  Georges Couthon, French politician on March - 12.  

1758  On March - 12 leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician [or March 22]  

1768  Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer on this day in history.  

1773  Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago on March - 12.  

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

1789  US Post Office established on this day in history.  

1793  Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer on March - 12.  

1799  Austria declares war on France on March - 12.  

1800  Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian on March - 12.  

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

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

1814  On this day in history british troops under Wellington capture Bordeaux in France  

1816  David Stuart, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868 on this day in history.  

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

1821  On this day in history john Abbott, Quebec Canada, (C) 3rd Canadian PM (1891-92)  

1823  William Flank Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on this day in history.  

1824  Gustav R Kirchoff, Prussia, physicist (spectral analysis) on March - 12.  

1824  Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48 on March - 12.  

1826  On this day in history robert Lowry, composer  

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 March - 12 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  On this day in history birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)  

1336  On March - 12 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 this day in history birth of caspar Othmayr, composer  

1607  On March - 12 birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)  

1613  André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700) was born on March - 12.  

1620  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)  

1626  John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697) was born on March - 12.  

0417  On this day in history innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies  

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on this day in history.  

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

1374  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)  

1447  On March - 12 death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)  

1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies on March - 12.  

1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on March - 12.