Historical Events In March - 12

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on this day in history.  

0538  On March - 12 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  On this day in history gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64  

0641  On this day in history 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  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  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 March - 12.  

1365  On March - 12 university of Vienna founded  

1471  On March - 12 dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies  

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  On March - 12 cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31  

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  Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1572  On March - 12 luos Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal  

1572  On March - 12 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  England routes troops to Amiens on this day in history.  

1609  On this day in history bermuda becomes an English colony  

1619  On this day in history 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  Abel Tasman is first European in New Zealand on March - 12.  

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

1648  On March - 12 tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63  

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  Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325) was born on March - 12.  

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 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  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 March - 12.  

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 March - 12.  

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on March - 12.  

1447  On this day in history 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  On this day in history johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies