This day in History - March 12

440 Historic Events for March 12
1821 Birth Luitpold von Bayern, Prince-regent of Bayern
1821 Birth John Abbott, Qu‚bec Canada, (C) 3rd Canadian PM (1891-92)
1823 Birth William Flank Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1824 Death Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48
1824 Birth Gustav R Kirchoff, Prussia, physicist (spectral analysis)
1826 Birth Robert Lowry, composer
1827 Birth William Richard Terry, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
1827 Birth John Robert Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1830 Birth William Felix Brantley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870
1831 Death Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64
1831 Birth Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker)
1832 Death Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45
1832 Birth Charles Boycott, Ireland, estate manager/caused boycotts
1834 Death Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33
1835 Birth Simon Newcomb, US, scientist/mathematician/astronomer
1837 Birth Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer
1838 Birth William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye)
1840 Death Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61
1848 Birth Cyrill Kistler, composer
1848 Event 2nd republic established in France
1849 Event 1st gold seekers arrive in Nicaragua en route to Calif
1850 Event 1st US $20 gold piece issued
1852 Death Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75
1855 Birth John White, composer
1857 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," premieres in Venice