12th March anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1626
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of John Aubrey writer and antiquary, most famous for his Lives of Eminent Men and his discovery of what are now kown as the Aubrey Holes at Stonehenge." more
  • 1710
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Thomas Arne, composer best known for the patriotic song Rule Britannia." more
  • 1776
  • Great Britain
  • Birth of Lady Hester Stanhope more
  • 1858
  • United States
  • "Birth of Adolph Simon Ochs, American publisher, owner of ‘The New York Times’."
  • 1908
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Max Wall, British actor and comedian ."
• event
  • 1470
  • Great Britain
  • Battle of Empingham more
  • 1609
  • Bermuda
  • Bermuda was founded as a British colony
  • 1689
  • Great Britain
  • Deposed James VII & II flees to Ireland – defeated at the Battle of the Boyne (1 Jul 1690)
  • 1928
  • United States
  • "The St Francis dam near Los Angeles, California, burst drowning 450 people."
  • 1935
  • Great Britain
  • Hore-Belisha introduces pedestrian crossings and speed limits for built-up areas in Britain
  • 1938
  • Germany
  • "The Anschluss: Germany invaded Austria, and annexed it on the 13th ."
  • 1968
  • Mauritius achieved independence and in 1992 became a republic. more
  • 1969
  • Great Britain
  • British musician Paul McCartney (The Beatles) married Linda Eastman
  • 1984
  • Great Britain
  • MIners Strike Starts
  • 1994
  • Great Britain
  • The first women priests in the Church of England were ordained in London
• Death
  • 417
  • Italy
  • Death of Pope Innocent I more
  • 604
  • Italy
  • Death of Pope Gregory I more
  • 1507
  • Italy
  • "Death of Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal and politician"
  • 1975
  • Czech Republic
  • "Death by execution of Olga Hepnarová, Czech mass murderer and the last woman executed in the Czech republic." more
  • 1984
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Arnold Ridley, British actor (Private Godfrey in Dads Army)"
  • 1992
  • United States
  • "Death of Anthony Perkins, film actor best known for playing Norman Bates in Psycho." more
  • 1998
  • United States
  • "Death of Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist ."
  • 1999
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Yehudi Menuhin, American-born British violin virtuoso"