Historical Events In March - 07
Thursday, 12 February 2026
0161 Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire 

0161 Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74. 

0203 Perpetua and Felicitas, Christian martyrs (perhaps after 209). 

0308 Saint Eubulus, Christian martyr. 

0321 Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire. 

0851 Nominoe, Duke of Brittany. 

0973 The Holy Roman Emperor Otto I dies May 7 at age 60 after an 11-year reign. 

1111 Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies. 

1138 Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king 

1226 William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English military leader. 

1274 2nd Council of Lyons (14th ecumenical council) opens. 

1274 Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48 

1277 Condemnation of 219 philosophical and theological theses by Stephen Tempier, Bishop of Paris. 

1305 Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78 

1355 1200 Jews of Toledo Spain killed by Count Henry of Trastamara 

1416 Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay. 

1530 King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church. 

1543 Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent) 

1560 Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, N Africa. 

1573 Turkey and Venice signs peace treaty 

1574 John Wilbye, composer 

1579 Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands 

1602 Kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits). 

1621 John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies. 

1621 Georg Neumark, composer. 

1624 Admiral Hermites conquering fleet reaches Callao the Lima, Peru 

1633 Prince Frederik Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg 

1638 Cornelis S Goyer takes possession of Mauritius (uninhabited) 

1644 Massachusetts establishes inaugural 2-chamber legislature in colonies 

1644 Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies. 

1657 King Louis XIV 1638-1715 prohibits sale of liquor to Indians in New France 

1657 Louis XlV prohibits the sale of liquor to Indians 

1659 Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido and Aeneas). 

1660 Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni. 

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