Historical Events Happened In March - 12

1832  Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager/caused boycotts on March - 12.  

1832  Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1834  Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33 on March - 12.  

1835  Simon Newcomb, US, scientist/mathematician/astronomer on March - 12.  

1837  On this day in history felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer  

1838  William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye) on this day in history.  

1840  On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61  

1848  Second republic established in France on this day in history.  

1848  2nd republic established in France on this day in history.  

1848  Cyrill Kistler, composer on this day in history.  

1849  The first gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California on this day in history.  

1849  On March - 12 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif  

1850  US $20 gold piece first issued on this day in history.  

1850  On March - 12 1st US $20 gold piece issued  

1852  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75 on March - 12.  

1855  On March - 12 john White, composer  

1857  On March - 12 a Great Western Railway train breaks an axle while crossing a swing bridge and plunges into the Desjardins Canal near Hamilton. 59 people are killed.  

1857  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice on this day in history.  

1859  Josef Cyril Sychra, composer on this day in history.  

1860  On March - 12 congress accepts Pre-emption Bill; free land in West for colonists  

1860  Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists on this day in history.  

1860  Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer on March - 12.  

1862  Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross) on March - 12.  

1863  On March - 12 adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet  

1865  On March - 12 affair near Lone Jack, Missouri  

1867  Last French troops leave Mexico on this day in history.  

1868  Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax on March - 12.  

1868  Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa on this day in history.  

1868  Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa on March - 12.  

1874  On this day in history edmund Eysler, Austrian composer  

1875  Julio Garreta, composer on this day in history.  

1877  On this day in history great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony  

1877  On March - 12 british annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa  

1877  On March - 12 wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia  

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

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

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

1289  On March - 12 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  On March - 12 johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies