Historical Events In March - 12

0417  On March - 12 innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies  

0538  On this day in history 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 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  Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III on March - 12.  

1054  On March - 12 pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome  

1144  On this day in history gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II  

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 March - 12.  

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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  On March - 12 jews are expelled from Syria  

1496  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1563  On March - 12 john Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies  

1570  On this day in history jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies  

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

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

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  On this day in history england routes troops to Amiens  

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

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

1622  Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint on March - 12.  

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

1642  On March - 12 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 this day in history.  

1664  First naturalization act in American colonies on March - 12.  

1664  New Jersey becomes a British colony on March - 12.  

1664  1st naturalization act in American colonies on March - 12.  

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1270  Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on this day in history.  

1607  Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born on March - 12.  

1613  André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.  

1620  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)  

1626  John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.  

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

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

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

1374  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)  

1447  On March - 12 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  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on March - 12.