Historical Events In March - 12

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on this day in history.   

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  Pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome on this day in history.   

1144  Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II on March - 12.   

1209  On March - 12 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  Orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples on March - 12.   

1365  University of Vienna founded on this day in history.   

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

1479  On March - 12 giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence   

1496  On March - 12 jews are expelled from Syria   

1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1507  Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 on March - 12.   

1515  On March - 12 caspar Othmayr, composer   

1563  John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies on this day in history.   

1570  On March - 12 jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies   

1572  Luos Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lusíados" in Portugal on this day in history.   

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

1587  On March - 12 english parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower   

1594  On this day in history company of Distant established for business on East-Indies   

1597  England routes troops to Amiens on March - 12.   

1609  Bermuda becomes an English colony on March - 12.   

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

1622  Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint on March - 12.   

1628  On March - 12 john Bull, English organist/composer, dies   

1642  Abel Tasman is first European in New Zealand on March - 12.   

1642  On March - 12 abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand   

1648  Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 on March - 12.   

1664  On this day in history first naturalization act in American colonies   

1664  On this day in history new Jersey becomes a British colony   

1664  1st naturalization act in American colonies on this day in history.   

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1270  Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325) was born on March - 12.   

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

1479  On this day in history 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  André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700) was born on March - 12.   

1620  On March - 12 birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)   

1626  On this day in history birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)   

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

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

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

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