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 March - 12.  

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 March - 12.  

1000  On this day in history odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III  

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 March - 12.  

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 March - 12 dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies  

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

1594  On March - 12 company of Distant established for business on East-Indies  

1597  England routes troops to Amiens on this day in history.  

1609  Bermuda becomes an English colony on this day in history.  

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  Abel Tasman is first European in New Zealand on this day in history.  

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

1648  On this day in history tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63  

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

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 March - 12.  

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

1515  On March - 12 birth of caspar Othmayr, composer  

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

1613  On this day in history 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  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on March - 12.  

1289  On this day in history death of king Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)  

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on this day in history.  

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