Historical Events In March - 12

0417  On this day in history innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies  

0538  On March - 12 witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.  

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

0641  On March - 12 a.D. Chinese Princess Wen Cheng goes to Tibet to marry the Tibetan ruler and the marriage becomes the basis for China's claim to sovereignty over the region  

1000  Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III on March - 12.  

1054  Pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome on this day in history.  

1144  On March - 12 gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II  

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

1336  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern on March - 12.  

1350  Orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples on March - 12.  

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1365  On March - 12 university of Vienna founded  

1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies on this day in history.  

1479  On March - 12 giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence  

1496  Jews are expelled from Syria on March - 12.  

1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on March - 12.  

1507  Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 on March - 12.  

1515  On this day in history caspar Othmayr, composer  

1563  John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies on this day in history.  

1570  On March - 12 jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies  

1572  Luos Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal on March - 12.  

1572  On this day in history luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal  

1587  On this day in history english parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower  

1594  On March - 12 company of Distant established for business on East-Indies  

1597  England routes troops to Amiens on this day in history.  

1609  Bermuda becomes an English colony on March - 12.  

1619  Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia on March - 12.  

1622  On this day in history ignatius of Loyola declared a saint  

1628  John Bull, English organist/composer, dies on this day in history.  

1642  Abel Tasman is first European in New Zealand on this day in history.  

1642  On March - 12 abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand  

1648  Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 on March - 12.  

1664  First naturalization act in American colonies on March - 12.  

1664  New Jersey becomes a British colony on this day in history.  

1664  1st naturalization act in American colonies 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  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern was born on March - 12.  

1479  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence was born on March - 12.  

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 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  On this day in history innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies  

0604  On this day in history gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64  

1209  On March - 12 djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies  

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