Page 3: Historical Events In March - 12

1832  daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45.   

1834  karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33.   

1835  simon Newcomb, US, scientist/mathematician/astronomer.   

1837  Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer   

1838  William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye)   

1840  friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61.   

1848  Second republic established in France   

1848  2nd republic established in France.   

1848  cyrill Kistler, composer.   

1849  The inaugural gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California   

1849  1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif.   

1850  US $20 gold piece inaugural issued   

1850  1st US $20 gold piece issued.   

1852  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75   

1855  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   

1857  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice   

1859  josef Cyril Sychra, composer.   

1860  Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill; free land in West for colonists   

1860  congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists.   

1860  salvatore Di Giacomo, composer.   

1862  Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross)   

1863  adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet.   

1865  affair near Lone Jack, Missouri.   

1867  last French troops leave Mexico.   

1868  congress abolishes manufacturer's tax.   

1868  Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa   

1868  britain annexed Basutoland in Africa.   

1874  Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer   

1875  julio Garreta, composer.   

1877  great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony.   

1877  british annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa.   

1877  Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia   

1877  Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52   

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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 March - 12.   

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  On March - 12 birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)   

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

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  Death of King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) on March - 12.   

1374  On March - 12 death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)   

1447  On this day in history death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)   

1471  On March - 12 dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies   

1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on this day in history.