Historical Events For March - 12

1681  On March - 12 french van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45  

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

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  On this day in history thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia)  

1734  On March - 12 antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74  

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  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.  

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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 this day in history 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 March - 12.  

1789  US Post Office established on this day in history.  

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

1799  On this day in history austria declares war on France  

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

1806  On this day in history jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady (1853-57)  

1808  Gerrit van der Linde Jz, "Schoolmaster", Dutch poet on this day in history.  

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

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

1818  John Lorimar Worden, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1897 on this day in history.  

1821  On March - 12 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 this day in history.  

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

1826  On this day in history robert Lowry, composer  

1827  On this day in history john Robert Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901  

1830  William Felix Brantley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870 on this day in history.  

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

1831  Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64 on March - 12.  

1832  On March - 12 the ballet La Sylphide first premieres at the Opéra de Paris.  

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1270  On this day in history birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)  

1336  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern was born on March - 12.  

1479  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence was born on this day in history.  

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1613  On this day in history birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)  

1620  On this day in history 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  On this day in history innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies  

0604  On March - 12 gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64  

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

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

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

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