Page 3: Historical Events In March - 12

1832  On March - 12 charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager/caused boycotts   

1832  On March - 12 daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45   

1834  Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33 on this day in history.   

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

1837  Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer on March - 12.   

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

1840  On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61   

1848  Second republic established in France on March - 12.   

1848  On March - 12 2nd republic established in France   

1848  Cyrill Kistler, composer on March - 12.   

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

1849  On March - 12 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif   

1850  On this day in history uS $20 gold piece first issued   

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

1852  On this day in history juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75   

1855  On this day in history john White, composer   

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 March - 12.   

1859  On March - 12 josef Cyril Sychra, composer   

1860  On March - 12 congress accepts Pre-emption Bill; free land in West for colonists   

1860  On this day in history congress accepts Pre-emption Bill: free land in West for colonists   

1860  Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer on March - 12.   

1862  Jane Delano, US, nurse/teacher/founder (Red Cross) on March - 12.   

1863  Adolf A Wolfschoon, Curacao, poet on March - 12.   

1865  On March - 12 affair near Lone Jack, Missouri   

1867  Last French troops leave Mexico on March - 12.   

1868  Congress abolishes manufacturer's tax on this day in history.   

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

1868  Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa on March - 12.   

1874  Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

1875  Julio Garreta, composer on March - 12.   

1877  On this day in history great Britain annexes Walvis Bay at Cape colony   

1877  On this day in history british annex Walvis Bay in southern Africa   

1877  On this day in history wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia/Moravia   

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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 this day in history birth of caspar Othmayr, composer   

1607  Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history 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 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 March - 12.   

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on this day in history.   

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