Historical Events For March - 12

1832  Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager/caused boycotts on this day in history.  

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

1834  On this day in history karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33  

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  On March - 12 friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61  

1848  Second republic established in France on March - 12.  

1848  On March - 12 2nd republic established in France  

1848  On this day in history cyrill Kistler, composer  

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1849  The first gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California on March - 12.  

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

1850  On March - 12 uS $20 gold piece first issued  

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

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

1855  On this day in history 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  On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice  

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

1860  Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill; free land in West for colonists on March - 12.  

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

1860  Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer on this day in history.  

1862  On March - 12 jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross)  

1863  Adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet on this day in history.  

1865  Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri on this day in history.  

1867  On this day in history last French troops leave Mexico  

1868  On March - 12 congress abolishes manufacturer's tax  

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

1868  Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa on March - 12.  

1874  Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer on March - 12.  

1875  On March - 12 julio Garreta, composer  

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

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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 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 this day in history.  

1515  On this day in history birth of caspar Othmayr, composer  

1607  Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.  

1613  André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.  

1620  On March - 12 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 this day in history.  

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

1209  On this day in history djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies  

1289  On March - 12 death of king Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)  

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on March - 12.  

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

1471  On this day in history dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies  

1496  On March - 12 johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies