Historical Events In March - 12

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies   

0538  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  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64.   

0641  A.D. Chinese Princess Wen Cheng goes to Tibet to marry the Tibetan ruler and the marriage is recorded as becoming the basis for China's claim to sovereignty over the region   

1000  Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III   

1054  Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome.   

1144  Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II.   

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies   

1336  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern   

1350  Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples   

1365  University of Vienna founded.   

1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies.   

1479  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence.   

1496  Jews are expelled from Syria   

1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies.   

1507  Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31.   

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer   

1563  John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies.   

1570  Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies   

1572  In this year, Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal.   

1587  English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower.   

1594  Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies.   

1597  England routes troops to Amiens.   

1609  Bermuda is recorded as becoming an English colony.   

1619  Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia   

1622  Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint   

1628  John Bull, English organist/composer, dies.   

1642  Abel Tasman is inaugural European in New Zealand   

1642  Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand.   

1648  Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63.   

1664  inaugural naturalization act in American colonies   

1664  New Jersey is recorded as becoming a British colony.   

1664  1st naturalization act in American colonies.   

1681  French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45   

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1270  On March - 12 birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)   

1336  On March - 12 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  On this day in history birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)   

1613  On this day in history birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)   

1620  Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 12.   

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on March - 12.   

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

1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies on March - 12.   

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