Historical Events In March - 12

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on this day in history.  

0538  On this day in history 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 on March - 12.  

0641  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 on this day in history.  

1000  On March - 12 odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III  

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

1144  Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II on this day in history.  

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

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.  

1365  On this day in history university of Vienna founded  

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

1479  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence on this day in history.  

1496  Jews are expelled from Syria on this day in history.  

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

1507  Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 on this day in history.  

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer on this day in history.  

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  English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower on March - 12.  

1594  Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies on March - 12.  

1597  On this day in history england routes troops to Amiens  

1609  Bermuda becomes an English colony on March - 12.  

1619  On this day in history dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia  

1622  On March - 12 ignatius of Loyola declared a saint  

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

1642  On this day in history abel Tasman is first European in New Zealand  

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

1648  On March - 12 tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63  

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 this day in history.  

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1270  Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325) was born on March - 12.  

1336  On this day in history birth of eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern  

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

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  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 March - 12.  

0417  On March - 12 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 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  Death of Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377) on this day in history.  

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

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