Historical Events In March - 12

0417  On March - 12 innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies  

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

1144  On this day in history gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II  

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

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

1350  On March - 12 orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples  

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1365  University of Vienna founded on March - 12.  

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

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

1496  On this day in history jews are expelled from Syria  

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

1597  On March - 12 england routes troops to Amiens  

1609  Bermuda becomes an English colony on March - 12.  

1619  Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia on this day in history.  

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

1628  On March - 12 john Bull, English organist/composer, dies  

1642  Abel Tasman is first European in New Zealand on March - 12.  

1642  On this day in history 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  New Jersey becomes a British colony on March - 12.  

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

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

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on March - 12.  

1607  Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born on March - 12.  

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  John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697) was born on March - 12.  

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

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  Death of King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1471  On this day in history dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies  

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