Historical Events In March - 12

0417  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1054  On March - 12 pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome  

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

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

1336  On March - 12 eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern  

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 March - 12.  

1496  Jews are expelled from Syria on March - 12.  

1496  On this day in history johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies  

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

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer on March - 12.  

1563  John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies on March - 12.  

1570  On this day in history jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies  

1572  Luos Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1594  On this day in history company of Distant established for business on East-Indies  

1597  On this day in history england routes troops to Amiens  

1609  On this day in history bermuda becomes an English colony  

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

1622  Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint on March - 12.  

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 March - 12.  

1664  On this day in history 1st naturalization act in American colonies  

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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 this day in history.  

1479  On this day in history birth of giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence  

1515  On March - 12 birth of caspar Othmayr, composer  

1607  On March - 12 birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)  

1613  On March - 12 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  On March - 12 innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies  

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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  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.