Historical Events In March - 12
Friday, 13 March 2026
0417 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. 

0604 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 is recorded as becoming the basis for China's claim to sovereignty over the region 

1000 Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III. 

1054 Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome 

1144 Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II 

1209 Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies 

1336 Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern 

1350 Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples. 

1365 University of Vienna founded. 

1471 Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies 

1479 Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence 

1496 Jews are expelled from Syria. 

1496 Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies 

1507 Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 

1515 Caspar Othmayr, composer 

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

1570 Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies 

1572 In this year, Luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os LusÃados" in Portugal 

1587 English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower. 

1594 Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies. 

1597 England routes troops to Amiens. 

1609 Bermuda is recorded as becoming an English colony 

1619 Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia. 

1622 Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint 

1628 John Bull, English organist/composer, dies. 

1642 Abel Tasman is inaugural European in New Zealand 

1642 Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand. 

1648 Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 

1664 inaugural naturalization act in American colonies 

1664 New Jersey is recorded as becoming a British colony 

1664 1st naturalization act in American colonies 

1681 French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45 

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