What is March 12?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[515 BC]] &ndash; Construction is completed on the [[Temple in Jerusalem]]. * [[1550]] &ndash; Several hundred [[Spain|Spanish]] and [[indigenous]] troops under the command of [[Pedro Valdivia]] defeat an army of 60,000 [[Mapuche]] at the [[Battle of Penco]] during the [[Arauco War]] in present–day [[Chile]]. * [[1622]] &ndash; [[Ignatius of Loyola]] and [[Saint Francis Xavier]] are canonized as [[Saint]]s of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. * [[1664]] &ndash; [[New Jersey]] becomes a colony of [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]]. * [[1689]] &ndash; The [[Williamite War]] in [[Ireland]] begins. * [[1811]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: A day after a successful rear [[guard]] action, French Marshal [[Michel Neyonce]] again successfully delays the pursuing an Anglo–Portuguese force at the [[Battle of Redinha]]. * [[1868]] &ndash; [[Henry O'Farrell]] attempts to kill [[Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh]]. * [[1871]] &ndash; [[Karl Theodor Robert Luther]] discovers [[Jupiter]]'s moon [[Amalthea (moon)|Amalthea]]. * [[1878]] &ndash; [[Walvis Bay]] in present–day [[Namibia]] comes under British control. * [[1881]] &ndash; [[Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856)|Andrew Watson]] makes his first appearance for the [[Scotland national football team]], as the world's first black [[footballer]] to turn out for a national side. * [[1894]] &ndash; [[Coca-Cola]] is sold in bottles for the first time. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1912]] &ndash; The [[Girl Guides]] (later renamed the [[Girl Scouts]] in the US) are founded in the US. * [[1913]] &ndash; [[Canberra]] becomes the capital of [[Australia]]. * [[1918]] &ndash; [[Moscow]] becomes the capital city of [[Russia]]. * [[1922]] &ndash; [[Armenia]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and [[Azerbaijan]] form the [[Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic]]. * [[1928]] &ndash; In [[California]], the [[St. Francis Dam]] fails, killing 400 people. * [[1930]] &ndash; [[Mahatma Gandhi]] leads a 200–mile march known as ''[[Da