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 this day in history gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64   

0641  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 on this day in history.   

1000  On March - 12 odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III   

1054  Pope Leo IX escapes captivity & returns to Rome on March - 12.   

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

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

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

1350  On this day in history orvieto city says it will behead & burn Jewish-Christian couples   

1365  On this day in history university of Vienna founded   

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

1479  On this day in history giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence   

1496  Jews are expelled from Syria on March - 12.   

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

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

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer on this day in history.   

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

1570  On this day in history jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies   

1572  On this day in history 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  English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower on this day in history.   

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  Bermuda becomes an English colony on this day in history.   

1619  On March - 12 dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia   

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  On this day in history tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63   

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

1664  New Jersey becomes a British colony on March - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 12.   

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 March - 12.   

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on March - 12.   

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

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

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