Historical Events For March - 12

1832  On March - 12 charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager/caused boycotts  

1832  On March - 12 daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45  

1834  Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1835  On March - 12 simon Newcomb, US, scientist/mathematician/astronomer  

1837  On March - 12 felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer  

1838  On March - 12 william Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye)  

1840  Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 on March - 12.  

1848  Second republic established in France on March - 12.  

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

1848  Cyrill Kistler, composer on March - 12.  

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1849  On March - 12 the first gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California  

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

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

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

1852  On this day in history juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75  

1855  On March - 12 john White, composer  

1857  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 on March - 12.  

1857  On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice  

1859  On this day in history josef Cyril Sychra, composer  

1860  On this day in history congress accepts Pre-emption Bill; free land in West for colonists  

1860  On this day in history congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists  

1860  On this day in history salvatore Di Giacomo, composer  

1862  On this day in history jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross)  

1863  Adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet on March - 12.  

1865  On this day in history affair near Lone Jack, Missouri  

1867  Last French troops leave Mexico on March - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

1874  On this day in history edmund Eysler, Austrian composer  

1875  Julio Garreta, composer on this day in history.  

1877  Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony on this day in history.  

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

1877  Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia on March - 12.  

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1270  Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325) was born on this day in history.  

1336  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern was born on this day in history.  

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

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on March - 12.  

1607  On March - 12 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 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 this day in history.  

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on March - 12.  

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

1209  On March - 12 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 March - 12.  

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

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