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| March 12th, 2008 (March 12 2008) | Death | Lazare Ponticelli, the last "poilu", French foot soldier of World War One, dies at 110 (born in 1897) | |
| March 12th, 2008 (March 12 2008) | Death | Jorge Guinzburg, Argentine journalist, producer, humorist, and TV, theater and radio host (born in 1949) | |
| March 12th, 2006 (March 12 2006) | Death | Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (born in 1947) | |
| March 12th, 2005 (March 12 2005) | Event | Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, steps down from his post after his resignation is approved by the Chinese central government. | |
| March 12th, 2005 (March 12 2005) | Death | Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist (born in 1943) | |
| March 12th, 2005 (March 12 2005) | Death | Stavros Koujioumtzis, Greek songwriter (born in 1932) | |
| March 12th, 2004 (March 12 2004) | Event | Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea is impeached by its national assembly for the first time in the nation s history. | |
| March 12th, 2003 (March 12 2003) | Event | Zoran Dindic, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade. | |
| March 12th, 2003 (March 12 2003) | Death | Zoran Dindic, Prime Minister of Serbia (born in 1952) | |
| March 12th, 2003 (March 12 2003) | Death | Howard Fast, American author (born in 1914) | |
| March 12th, 2003 (March 12 2003) | Death | Andrei Kivilev, Kazakh cyclist (born in 1973) | |
| March 12th, 2003 (March 12 2003) | Death | Lynne Thigpen, American actress (born in 1948) | |
| March 12th, 2002 (March 12 2002) | Death | Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (born in 1932) | |
| March 12th, 2002 (March 12 2002) | Death | Jean-Paul Riopelle, Quebec painter and sculptor (born in 1923) | |
| March 12th, 2001 (March 12 2001) | Death | Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (born in 1933) | |
| March 12th, 2001 (March 12 2001) | Death | Robert Ludlum, American author (born in 1927) | |
| March 12th, 1999 (March 12 1999) | Event | Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO. | |
| March 12th, 1999 (March 12 1999) | Death | Yehudi Menuhin, American-born violinist (born in 1916) | |
| March 12th, 1998 (March 12 1998) | Death | Judge Dread, English musician (born in 1945) | |
| March 12th, 1998 (March 12 1998) | Death | Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramist (born in 1893) | |
| March 12th, 1998 (March 12 1998) | Death | Jozef Kroner, Slovak actor (born in 1924) | |
| March 12th, 1995 (March 12 1995) | Death | Juanin Clay, American actress (born in 1949) | |
| March 12th, 1994 (March 12 1994) | Event | The Church of England ordains its first female priests. | |
| March 12th, 1993 (March 12 1993) | Event | Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more. | |
| March 12th, 1993 (March 12 1993) | Event | North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and refuses to allow inspectors access to nuclear sites. | |
| March 12th, 1992 (March 12 1992) | Event | Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. | |
| March 12th, 1991 (March 12 1991) | Death | Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (born in 1900) | |
| March 12th, 1990 (March 12 1990) | Death | Wallace Breem, British author (born in 1926) | |
| March 12th, 1989 (March 12 1989) | Death | Maurice Evans, English-born actor (born in 1901) | Evans Quotes |
| March 12th, 1987 (March 12 1987) | Birth | Chris Seitz, American footballer | |
| March 12th, 1987 (March 12 1987) | Death | Woody Hayes, American football coach (born in 1913) | |
| March 12th, 1986 (March 12 1986) | Birth | Danny Jones, English singer (McFly) | |
| March 12th, 1985 (March 12 1985) | Birth | Bradley Wright-Phillips, English footballer | |
| March 12th, 1985 (March 12 1985) | Birth | Tosh Townend, American skateboarder | |
| March 12th, 1985 (March 12 1985) | Death | Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian conductor (born in 1899) | |
| March 12th, 1984 (March 12 1984) | Birth | Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer | |
| March 12th, 1984 (March 12 1984) | Birth | Jaimie Alexander, American Actress | |
| March 12th, 1984 (March 12 1984) | Death | Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor (born in 1896) | |
| March 12th, 1982 (March 12 1982) | Birth | Zach Miner, American baseball player | |
| March 12th, 1982 (March 12 1982) | Birth | Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer | |
| March 12th, 1980 (March 12 1980) | Birth | Douglas Murray, Swedish ice-hockey player | |
| March 12th, 1980 (March 12 1980) | Death | Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (born in 1914) | |
| March 12th, 1979 (March 12 1979) | Birth | Pete Doherty, English musician | |
| March 12th, 1979 (March 12 1979) | Birth | Nidia Guenard, American professional wrestler | |
| March 12th, 1979 (March 12 1979) | Birth | Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer | |
| March 12th, 1978 (March 12 1978) | Birth | Masuimi Max, American model | |
| March 12th, 1978 (March 12 1978) | Birth | Casey Mears, American auto racer | |
| March 12th, 1978 (March 12 1978) | Birth | Claudio Sanchez, American musician (Coheed and Cambria) | |
| March 12th, 1978 (March 12 1978) | Birth | Arina Tanemura, Japanese mangaka | |
| March 12th, 1978 (March 12 1978) | Death | John Cazale, American actor (born in 1935) | |
| March 12th, 1978 (March 12 1978) | Death | Gene Moore, American baseball player (born in 1909) | |
| March 12th, 1977 (March 12 1977) | Birth | Ramiro Corrales, American footballer | |
| March 12th, 1976 (March 12 1976) | Birth | Simon Young, English music journalist | |
| March 12th, 1976 (March 12 1976) | Birth | Zhao Wei, Chinese actress | |
| March 12th, 1975 (March 12 1975) | Birth | Kelle Bryan, English singer | |
| March 12th, 1975 (March 12 1975) | Birth | Herman Li, Cantonese guitarist | |
| March 12th, 1975 (March 12 1975) | Birth | Annabel Port, English radio presenter | |
| March 12th, 1974 (March 12 1974) | Death | George D. Sax, Drive-in bank and instant loan innovator. Owner of the Saxony Hotel. (born in 1904) | |
| March 12th, 1973 (March 12 1973) | Death | Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (born in 1898) | |
| March 12th, 1972 (March 12 1972) | Birth | Hector Luis Bustamante, Colombian actor | |
| March 12th, 1972 (March 12 1972) | Birth | James Maritato, American professional wrestler | |
| March 12th, 1971 (March 12 1971) | Event | The March 12 Memorandum, second intervention of Turkish Army, is sent to the Demirel government and Demirel government resigned. | |
| March 12th, 1971 (March 12 1971) | Birth | Tony Eveready (Duane Moore), American adult film actor | |
| March 12th, 1971 (March 12 1971) | Birth | Isaiah Rider, American basketball player | |
| March 12th, 1970 (March 12 1970) | Birth | Dave Eggers, American writer, editor, and publisher | Dave Eggers Quotes |
| March 12th, 1970 (March 12 1970) | Birth | Roy Khan, Norwegian singer (Kamelot) | |
| March 12th, 1970 (March 12 1970) | Birth | John Nemechek, American NASCAR driver (died in 1997) | |
| March 12th, 1969 (March 12 1969) | Birth | Graham Coxon, English musician (Blur) | |
| March 12th, 1969 (March 12 1969) | Birth | Jake Tapper, American journalist | |
| March 12th, 1968 (March 12 1968) | Event | Mauritius achieves independence. | |
| March 12th, 1968 (March 12 1968) | Birth | Aaron Eckhart, American actor | |
| March 12th, 1967 (March 12 1967) | Event | Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia. | |
| March 12th, 1967 (March 12 1967) | Birth | Julio Dely Valdes, Panamanian footballer | |
| March 12th, 1966 (March 12 1966) | Birth | Grant Long, NBA Basketball Player | |
| March 12th, 1966 (March 12 1966) | Birth | John Thompson III, NCAA Basketball Head Coach | |
| March 12th, 1965 (March 12 1965) | Birth | Steve Finley, American baseball player | |
| March 12th, 1965 (March 12 1965) | Birth | Shawn Gilbert, American baseball player | |
| March 12th, 1965 (March 12 1965) | Birth | Steve Levy, American sports journalist | |
| March 12th, 1965 (March 12 1965) | Birth | Liza Umarova, Chechen torch singer | |
| March 12th, 1963 (March 12 1963) | Birth | Ian Holloway, English football manager | |
| March 12th, 1963 (March 12 1963) | Birth | Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner | |
| March 12th, 1962 (March 12 1962) | Birth | Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player | |
| March 12th, 1961 (March 12 1961) | Birth | Joseph Facal, Quebec politician | |
| March 12th, 1960 (March 12 1960) | Birth | Kipp Lennon, American singer | |
| March 12th, 1960 (March 12 1960) | Birth | Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer | |
| March 12th, 1960 (March 12 1960) | Birth | Maki Nomiya, Japanese singer (Pizzicato Five) | |
| March 12th, 1960 (March 12 1960) | Birth | Courtney B. Vance, American actor | |
| March 12th, 1957 (March 12 1957) | Birth | Marlon Jackson, American singer and musician (The Jackson 5) | |
| March 12th, 1957 (March 12 1957) | Birth | Steve Harris, English musician (Iron Maiden) | |
| March 12th, 1956 (March 12 1956) | Birth | Dale Murphy, American baseball player | |
| March 12th, 1955 (March 12 1955) | Death | Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist (born in 1920) | |
| March 12th, 1953 (March 12 1953) | Birth | Carl Hiaasen, American journalist and author | |
| March 12th, 1953 (March 12 1953) | Birth | Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor | |
| March 12th, 1953 (March 12 1953) | Birth | Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepalese politician | |
| March 12th, 1952 (March 12 1952) | Birth | Eliezer Niyitegeka, Rwandan journalist, politician and genocidaire | |
| March 12th, 1952 (March 12 1952) | Birth | Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet, songwriter, and novelist | |
| March 12th, 1950 (March 12 1950) | Birth | Javier Clemente, Spanish football manager | |
| March 12th, 1950 (March 12 1950) | Birth | Jon Provost, American actor | |
| March 12th, 1949 (March 12 1949) | Birth | Rob Cohen, American film director, producer and writer | |
| March 12th, 1949 (March 12 1949) | Birth | Moctesuma Esparza, Mexican-American producer and filmmaker | |
| March 12th, 1949 (March 12 1949) | Birth | Natalia Kuchinskaya, Soviet gymnast | |
| March 12th, 1948 (March 12 1948) | Birth | James Taylor, American musician | |
| March 12th, 1948 (March 12 1948) | Birth | Kent Conrad, Democratic Senator of North Dakota | |
| March 12th, 1948 (March 12 1948) | Birth | Virginia Bottomley, British politician | |
| March 12th, 1947 (March 12 1947) | Event | The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism. | |
| March 12th, 1947 (March 12 1947) | Birth | Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (died in 1987) | |
| March 12th, 1947 (March 12 1947) | Birth | Mitt Romney, 70th Governor of Massachusetts | |
| March 12th, 1947 (March 12 1947) | Death | "Winston Churchill the American", American novelist (born in 1871) | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| March 12th, 1946 (March 12 1946) | Birth | Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress | |
| March 12th, 1946 (March 12 1946) | Birth | Frank Welker, American voice actor | |
| March 12th, 1946 (March 12 1946) | Birth | Peter Whalley, British television writer and author | Peter Levi Quotes |
| March 12th, 1946 (March 12 1946) | Birth | Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (died in 2004) | |
| March 12th, 1946 (March 12 1946) | Death | Ferenc Szalasi, Hungarian politician (executed) (born in 1897) | |
| March 12th, 1945 (March 12 1945) | Birth | Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, American gangster | |
| March 12th, 1944 (March 12 1944) | Death | Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer (born in 1861) | |
| March 12th, 1943 (March 12 1943) | Death | Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (born in 1869) | |
| March 12th, 1942 (March 12 1942) | Birth | Ratko Mladic, Republika Srpska leader | |
| March 12th, 1942 (March 12 1942) | Birth | Jimmy Wynn, American baseball player, 1963-1977 | |
| March 12th, 1942 (March 12 1942) | Death | Robert Bosch, German industrialist (born in 1861) | |
| March 12th, 1940 (March 12 1940) | Event | Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population is immediately evacuated. | |
| March 12th, 1940 (March 12 1940) | Birth | Al Jarreau, American singer | |
| March 12th, 1940 (March 12 1940) | Birth | M.A. Numminen, Finnish singer and writer | |
| March 12th, 1938 (March 12 1938) | Event | Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria; annexation declared the following day. | |
| March 12th, 1938 (March 12 1938) | Birth | Johnny Rutherford, American automobile racer | |
| March 12th, 1937 (March 12 1937) | Death | Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (born in 1844) | |
| March 12th, 1937 (March 12 1937) | Death | Jeno Hubay, Hungarian violinist (born in 1858) | |
| March 12th, 1936 (March 12 1936) | Birth | Patrick Procktor, English artist (died in 2003) | |
| March 12th, 1935 (March 12 1935) | Birth | John Doherty, English footballer (died in 2007) | |
| March 12th, 1933 (March 12 1933) | Event | Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This was also the first of his "Fireside Chats." | |
| March 12th, 1932 (March 12 1932) | Birth | Barbara Feldon, American actress and model | |
| March 12th, 1932 (March 12 1932) | Birth | Andrew Young, American civil rights activist and politician | |
| March 12th, 1931 (March 12 1931) | Birth | Herbert Kelleher, Southwest Airlines co-founder | |
| March 12th, 1931 (March 12 1931) | Birth | Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, American actor (died in 1980) | |
| March 12th, 1930 (March 12 1930) | Event | Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march known as Dandi March to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt. | Mahatma Gandhi Quotes |
| March 12th, 1930 (March 12 1930) | Birth | Vernon Law, American baseball player | |
| March 12th, 1930 (March 12 1930) | Death | Alois Jirasek, Czech writer (born in 1851) | |
| March 12th, 1930 (March 12 1930) | Death | William George Barker, Canadian fighter ace (born in 1894) | George Barker Quotes |
| March 12th, 1929 (March 12 1929) | Birth | U Win Tin, jailed Burmese journalist | |
| March 12th, 1929 (March 12 1929) | Death | Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman (born in 1851) | |
| March 12th, 1928 (March 12 1928) | Event | In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people. | |
| March 12th, 1928 (March 12 1928) | Birth | Edward Albee, American dramatist | |
| March 12th, 1928 (March 12 1928) | Birth | Therese Lavoie-Roux, Quebec politician and senator | |
| March 12th, 1928 (March 12 1928) | Birth | Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (died in 2007) | |
| March 12th, 1925 (March 12 1925) | Birth | Louison Bobet, French cyclist (died in 1983) | |
| March 12th, 1925 (March 12 1925) | Birth | Georges Delerue, French film composer (died in 1992) | |
| March 12th, 1925 (March 12 1925) | Birth | Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate | Saki Quotes |
| March 12th, 1925 (March 12 1925) | Birth | Harry Harrison, American author | |
| March 12th, 1925 (March 12 1925) | Death | Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and politician (born in 1866) | |
| March 12th, 1923 (March 12 1923) | Birth | Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater | |
| March 12th, 1923 (March 12 1923) | Birth | Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (died in 2005) | |
| March 12th, 1923 (March 12 1923) | Birth | Wally Schirra, American astronaut (died in 2007) | |
| March 12th, 1923 (March 12 1923) | Birth | Mae Young, American professional wrestler | |
| March 12th, 1922 (March 12 1922) | Birth | Jack Kerouac, American writer (died in 1969) | Jack Kerouac Quotes |
| March 12th, 1922 (March 12 1922) | Birth | Lane Kirkland, American labor leader (died in 1999) | |
| March 12th, 1921 (March 12 1921) | Birth | Gianni Agnelli, Italian auto executive (died in 2003) | |
| March 12th, 1921 (March 12 1921) | Birth | Ulo Jogi, Estonian freedom fighter (died in 2007) | |
| March 12th, 1921 (March 12 1921) | Birth | Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (died in 1986) | |
| March 12th, 1918 (March 12 1918) | Event | Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint-Petersburg held this status for 215 years. | |
| March 12th, 1918 (March 12 1918) | Birth | Elaine de Kooning, American artist (died in 1989) | |
| March 12th, 1916 (March 12 1916) | Death | Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (born in 1830) | |
| March 12th, 1914 (March 12 1914) | Death | George Westinghouse, American entrepreneur and engineer (born in 1846) | |
| March 12th, 1913 (March 12 1913) | Event | Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remained temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital was still under construction.) | |
| March 12th, 1912 (March 12 1912) | Event | The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States. | |
| March 12th, 1912 (March 12 1912) | Birth | Irving Layton, Canadian poet (died in 2006) | Irving Layton Quotes |
| March 12th, 1912 (March 12 1912) | Birth | Paul Weston, American pianist, arranger and conductor (died in 1996) | |
| March 12th, 1911 (March 12 1911) | Birth | Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (died in 1979) | |
| March 12th, 1909 (March 12 1909) | Death | Joe Petrosino, NYPD lieutenant (born in 1860) | |
| March 12th, 1908 (March 12 1908) | Event | The Pan-Macedonian group is formed in Athens to support the Greek Struggle for Macedonia. | |
| March 12th, 1908 (March 12 1908) | Birth | Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (died in 1970) | |
| March 12th, 1908 (March 12 1908) | Birth | David Saul Marshall Singapore s first Chief Minister(died in 1995) | |
| March 12th, 1908 (March 12 1908) | Death | Edmondo De Amicis, Italian children s writer (born in 1846) | |
| March 12th, 1907 (March 12 1907) | Birth | Arthur Hewlett, British actor (died in 1997) | |
| March 12th, 1907 (March 12 1907) | Birth | Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (died in 2007) | |
| March 12th, 1898 (March 12 1898) | Death | Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (born in 1818) | |
| March 12th, 1895 (March 12 1895) | Birth | William C. Lee, U.S. Army general (died in 1948) | |
| March 12th, 1894 (March 12 1894) | Event | In Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA, Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time. | |
| March 12th, 1894 (March 12 1894) | Death | Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (born in 1840) | |
| March 12th, 1891 (March 12 1891) | Birth | George W. Mason, American industrialist (died in 1954) | George Mason Quotes |
| March 12th, 1890 (March 12 1890) | Birth | Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish ballet dancer (died in 1950) | Vaslav Nijinsky Quotes |
| March 12th, 1890 (March 12 1890) | Birth | William Dudley Pelley, American leader of the Silver Legion (died in 1965) | |
| March 12th, 1889 (March 12 1889) | Birth | ?orbergur ?or?arson, Icelandic author (died in 1974) | |
| March 12th, 1883 (March 12 1883) | Birth | Zoltan Mesko, Hungarian Nazi (died in 1959) | |
| March 12th, 1881 (March 12 1881) | Event | Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world s first black international football player and captain. | |
| March 12th, 1881 (March 12 1881) | Birth | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, first President of Turkey (died in 1938) | Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Quotes |
| March 12th, 1881 (March 12 1881) | Birth | Gunnar Nordstrom, Finnish physicist (died in 1923) | |
| March 12th, 1880 (March 12 1880) | Birth | Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (died in 1958) | |
| March 12th, 1880 (March 12 1880) | Birth | Henry Drysdale Dakin, British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction (died in 1952) | |
| March 12th, 1872 (March 12 1872) | Death | Zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (born in 1811) | |
| March 12th, 1868 (March 12 1868) | Event | Henry O Farrell attempts to assassinate Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. | |
| March 12th, 1864 (March 12 1864) | Birth | W. H. R. Rivers, British psychiatrist (died in 1922) | |
| March 12th, 1863 (March 12 1863) | Birth | Gabriele D Annunzio, Italian writer (died in 1938) | |
| March 12th, 1863 (March 12 1863) | Birth | Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist (died in 1945) | |
| March 12th, 1859 (March 12 1859) | Birth | Abraham H. Cannon, Mormon apostle (died in 1896) | Abraham Quotes |
| March 12th, 1838 (March 12 1838) | Birth | William Henry Perkin, English chemist (died in 1907) | |
| March 12th, 1837 (March 12 1837) | Birth | Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (died in 1911) | |
| March 12th, 1835 (March 12 1835) | Birth | Simon Newcomb, American astronomer and mathematician (died in 1909) | |
| March 12th, 1832 (March 12 1832) | Event | The ballet La Sylphide first premieres at the Opera de Paris. | |
| March 12th, 1832 (March 12 1832) | Birth | Charles Boycott, British land agent and originator of the term to boycott (died in 1897) | |
| March 12th, 1832 (March 12 1832) | Death | Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (born in 1786) | |
| March 12th, 1831 (March 12 1831) | Birth | Clement Studebaker, American automobile pioneer (died in 1901) | |
| March 12th, 1824 (March 12 1824) | Birth | Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (died in 1887) | |
| March 12th, 1821 (March 12 1821) | Birth | Sir John Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada (died in 1893) | |
| March 12th, 1806 (March 12 1806) | Birth | Jane Pierce, First Lady of the United States (died in 1863) | |
| March 12th, 1790 (March 12 1790) | Death | Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (born in 1710) | |
| March 12th, 1781 (March 12 1781) | Birth | Frederica of Baden, Queen of Sweden (died in 1826) | |
| March 12th, 1757 (March 12 1757) | Death | Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/painter (born in 1696) | |
| March 12th, 1718 (March 12 1718) | Birth | Joseph Damer, English politician (died in 1798) | |
| March 12th, 1710 (March 12 1710) | Birth | Thomas Arne, English composer (died in 1778) | |
| March 12th, 1699 (March 12 1699) | Death | Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (born in 1635) | |
| March 12th, 1685 (March 12 1685) | Birth | George Berkeley, Irish theologian (died in 1753) | |
| March 12th, 1681 (March 12 1681) | Death | Frans van Mieris, Sr., Dutch painter (born in 1635) | |
| March 12th, 1672 (March 12 1672) | Birth | Richard Steele, Irish writer and politician (died in 1729) | Richard Steele Quotes |
| March 12th, 1664 (March 12 1664) | Event | New Jersey becomes a colony of Britain. | |
| March 12th, 1648 (March 12 1648) | Death | Tirso de Molina, Spanish writer (born in 1571) | |
| March 12th, 1647 (March 12 1647) | Birth | Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (died in 1727) | |
| March 12th, 1637 (March 12 1637) | Birth | Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (died in 1671) | |
| March 12th, 1628 (March 12 1628) | Death | John Bull, English composer | |
| March 12th, 1626 (March 12 1626) | Birth | John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (died in 1697) | John Aubrey Quotes |
| March 12th, 1622 (March 12 1622) | Event | Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, is canonized a saint by the Catholic Church. | Ignatius of Loyola Quotes |
| March 12th, 1620 (March 12 1620) | Birth | Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (died in 1667) | Philo Quotes |
| March 12th, 1613 (March 12 1613) | Birth | Andre Le Notre, French landscape architect (died in 1700) | |
| March 12th, 1608 (March 12 1608) | Death | Koriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord (born in 1530) | |
| March 12th, 1607 (March 12 1607) | Birth | Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (died in 1676) | |
| March 12th, 1507 (March 12 1507) | Death | Cesare Borgia, Italian general and statesman (born in 1475) | |
| March 12th, 1478 (March 12 1478) | Birth | Giuliano di Lorenzo de Medici, ruler of Florence (died in 1516) | |
| March 12th, 1447 (March 12 1447) | Death | Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (born in 1377) | |
| March 12th, 1374 (March 12 1374) | Death | Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (born in 1336) | |
| March 12th, 1289 (March 12 1289) | Death | King Demetre II of Georgia (born in 1259) | |
| March 12th, 1270 (March 12 1270) | Birth | Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (died in 1325) | |
| March 12th, 0604 (March 12 0604) | Death | Pope Gregory I | Gregory I Quotes |
| March 12th, 0538 (March 12 0538) | Event | 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. | |
