Historical Events In March - 12

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

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 March - 12.  

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  On this day in history 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  On March - 12 gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II  

1209  On this day in history 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  On this day in history orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples  

1365  University of Vienna founded on March - 12.  

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

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

1496  Jews are expelled from Syria on March - 12.  

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

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

1515  On March - 12 caspar Othmayr, composer  

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

1570  Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies on March - 12.  

1572  Luos Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal on March - 12.  

1572  On March - 12 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 this day in history.  

1597  England routes troops to Amiens on March - 12.  

1609  Bermuda becomes an English colony on March - 12.  

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

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

1628  On this day in history john Bull, English organist/composer, dies  

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

1642  Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand on March - 12.  

1648  Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 on March - 12.  

1664  First naturalization act in American colonies on this day in history.  

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  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 March - 12.  

1515  On this day in history birth of caspar Othmayr, composer  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

1289  Death of King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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