Page 3: Historical Events In March - 12

1832  On this day in history charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager/caused boycotts   

1832  Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45 on March - 12.   

1834  On March - 12 karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33   

1835  On March - 12 simon Newcomb, US, scientist/mathematician/astronomer   

1837  On March - 12 felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer   

1838  William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye) on March - 12.   

1840  Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1848  On this day in history second republic established in France   

1848  On March - 12 2nd republic established in France   

1848  On March - 12 cyrill Kistler, composer   

1849  The first gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to California on this day in history.   

1849  1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif on this day in history.   

1850  US $20 gold piece first issued on March - 12.   

1850  On this day in history 1st US $20 gold piece issued   

1852  Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75 on March - 12.   

1855  John White, composer on this day in history.   

1857  On March - 12 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 on this day in history.   

1859  Josef Cyril Sychra, composer on March - 12.   

1860  Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill; free land in West for colonists on March - 12.   

1860  Congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists on March - 12.   

1860  On this day in history salvatore Di Giacomo, composer   

1862  On this day in history jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross)   

1863  On March - 12 adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet   

1865  On March - 12 affair near Lone Jack, Missouri   

1867  On March - 12 last French troops leave Mexico   

1868  On March - 12 congress abolishes manufacturer's tax   

1868  On this day in history great Britain annexes Basutoland in Africa   

1868  On March - 12 britain annexed Basutoland in Africa   

1874  On this day in history edmund Eysler, Austrian composer   

1875  On March - 12 julio Garreta, composer   

1877  Great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony on this day in history.   

1877  British annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa on this day in history.   

1877  Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia 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  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 March - 12.   

1515  On March - 12 birth of caspar Othmayr, composer   

1607  On March - 12 birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)   

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

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

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on March - 12.   

1209  On this day in history 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 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  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies on March - 12.   

1496  On this day in history johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies