Page 3: Historical Events In March - 12

1832  Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45.   

1834  Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33   

1835  Simon Newcomb, US, scientist/mathematician/astronomer   

1837  Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer.   

1838  William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye)   

1840  Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61.   

1848  Second republic established in France.   

1848  2nd republic established in France.   

1848  Cyrill Kistler, composer.   

1849  The inaugural gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California   

1849  1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif   

1850  US $20 gold piece inaugural issued.   

1850  1st US $20 gold piece issued   

1852  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75   

1855  John White, composer   

1857  A Great Western Railway train breaks an axle while crossing a swing bridge and plunges into the Desjardins Canal near Hamilton. 59 people are killed   

1857  Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice   

1859  Josef Cyril Sychra, composer.   

1860  Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill; free land in West for colonists   

1860  Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists   

1860  Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer   

1862  Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross)   

1863  Adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet.   

1865  Affair near Lone Jack, Missouri.   

1867  Last French troops leave Mexico.   

1868  Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax.   

1868  Great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa.   

1868  Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa.   

1874  Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer.   

1875  Julio Garreta, composer   

1877  Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony   

1877  British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa.   

1877  Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia   

1877  Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52   

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1270  On March - 12 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 March - 12 birth of giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence   

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

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

1613  On March - 12 birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)   

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

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

1447  Death of Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377) on this day in history.   

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

1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on March - 12.