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 this day in history.  

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

1054  On this day in history pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome  

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

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 this day in history.  

1365  University of Vienna founded on this day in history.  

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

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

1496  Jews are expelled from Syria on March - 12.  

1496  On March - 12 johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies  

1507  On this day in history cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31  

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer on March - 12.  

1563  On this day in history john Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies  

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

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

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

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

1594  Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies on this day in history.  

1597  On this day in history england routes troops to Amiens  

1609  Bermuda becomes an English colony on March - 12.  

1619  On March - 12 dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia  

1622  Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1648  Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 on this day in history.  

1664  On this day in history first naturalization act in American colonies  

1664  On this day in history new Jersey becomes a British colony  

1664  1st naturalization act in American colonies on this day in history.  

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1270  On March - 12 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  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on March - 12.  

1607  On this day in history birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)  

1613  André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700) was born on March - 12.  

1620  On March - 12 birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)  

1626  On this day in history birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)  

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on March - 12.  

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

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  On March - 12 death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)  

1447  On March - 12 death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)  

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 March - 12.