Historical Events In March - 12

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

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 this day in history.  

0604  On this day in history gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64  

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  Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III on this day in history.  

1054  Pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome on March - 12.  

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 March - 12.  

1336  On this day in history eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern  

1350  Orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples on this day in history.  

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1365  On this day in history university of Vienna founded  

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

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

1496  On March - 12 jews are expelled from Syria  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

1587  On March - 12 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  On this day in history bermuda becomes an English colony  

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

1622  On this day in history ignatius of Loyola declared a saint  

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

1642  On this day in history abel Tasman is first European in New Zealand  

1642  Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand on this day in history.  

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

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

1664  New Jersey becomes a British colony on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1607  On March - 12 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  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  On March - 12 gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64  

1209  On March - 12 djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies  

1289  Death of King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) on March - 12.  

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  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.