Historical Events In March - 12

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on March - 12.   

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

0641  On this day in history 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   

1000  On this day in history odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III   

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

1144  On March - 12 gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II   

1209  On this day in history djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies   

1336  On March - 12 eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern   

1350  On March - 12 orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples   

1365  University of Vienna founded on this day in history.   

1471  On March - 12 dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies   

1479  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence on March - 12.   

1496  Jews are expelled from Syria on March - 12.   

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  On this day in history caspar Othmayr, composer   

1563  On this day in history john Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies   

1570  Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies on March - 12.   

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

1572  On this day in history luis Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal   

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  England routes troops to Amiens on this day in history.   

1609  On March - 12 bermuda becomes an English colony   

1619  Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia on this day in history.   

1622  Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint on this day in history.   

1628  John Bull, English organist/composer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history first naturalization act in American colonies   

1664  On March - 12 new Jersey becomes a British colony   

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 this day in history.   

1479  On March - 12 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  On this day in history birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)   

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

1289  Death of King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) on this day in history.   

1374  On March - 12 death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)   

1447  On this day in history death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)   

1471  On this day in history dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies   

1496  On March - 12 johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies