Page 2: Historical Events In March - 12

1685  George Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne   

1689  Former English King James II lands in Ireland   

1710  thomas Arne, Composer of operas and 'Rule Brittania' is born.   

1710  Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia)   

1734  Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74   

1737  galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy.   

1753  george Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday.   

1755  inaugural steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine   

1755  1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine.   

1755  georges Couthon, French politician.   

1758  Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum, Dutch general/politician [or March 22]   

1768  Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer   

1773  Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable are discovered settlement now known as Chicago   

1788  Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor   

1789  US Post Office established   

1793  augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer.   

1799  austria declares war on France.   

1800  Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian   

1806  jane Means Appleton Pierce, 1st lady (1853-57).   

1808  Gerrit van der Linde Jz, "Schoolmaster", Dutch poet   

1814  British troops under Wellington capture Bordeaux in France   

1816  david Stuart, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868.   

1818  John Lorimar Worden, Capt (Union Navy), died in 1897   

1821  John Abbott, Quebec Canada, (C) 3rd Canadian PM (1891-92)   

1823  William Flank Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

1824  Gustav R Kirchoff, Prussia, physicist (spectral analysis)   

1824  heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48.   

1826  Robert Lowry, composer   

1827  john Robert Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901.   

1830  William Felix Brantley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870   

1831  Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker)   

1831  johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64.   

1832  the ballet La Sylphide inaugural premieres at the Opéra de Paris.   

1832  Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager/caused boycotts   

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

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on March - 12.   

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  Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667) was born on March - 12.   

1626  On March - 12 birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)   

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

0604  On March - 12 gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64   

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on March - 12.   

1289  On March - 12 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  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 March - 12 johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies