March 12
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[edit] Events
- 538 - 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.
- 1940 - Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and remaining population are immediately evacuated.
[edit] Births
- 1781 - Frederica of Baden, Queen of Sweden
- 1883 - Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian National Socialist
- 1890 - William Dudley Pelley, American leader of the Silver Legion
[edit] Deaths
- 1946 - Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian politician (executed)
