This day in History - March 12

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