440 Historic Events for March 12
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| 417 |
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Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies
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| 604 |
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Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64
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| 1000 |
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Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III
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| 1054 |
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Pope Leo IX escapes captivity and returns to Rome
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| 1144 |
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Gherardo Caccianemici elected Pope Lucius II, succeeding Callistus II
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| 1209 |
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Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies
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| 1336 |
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Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern
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| 1350 |
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Orvieto city says it will behead and burn Jewish-Christian couples
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| 1365 |
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University of Vienna founded
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| 1471 |
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Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies
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| 1479 |
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Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence
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| 1496 |
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Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies
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| 1496 |
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Jews are expelled from Syria
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| 1507 |
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Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31
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| 1515 |
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Caspar Othmayr, composer
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| 1563 |
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John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies
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| 1570 |
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Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies
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| 1572 |
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Lu¡s Vaz de Camoes publishes "Os Lus¡ados" in Portugal
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| 1587 |
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English parliament leader Peter Wentworth confined in London Tower
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| 1594 |
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Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies
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| 1597 |
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England routes troops to Amiens
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| 1609 |
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Bermuda becomes an English colony
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| 1619 |
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Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia
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| 1622 |
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Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint
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| 1628 |
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John Bull, English organist/composer, dies
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