On this day
March 12 in Japanese History
6 recorded events on this date, across every century.
- 1386 Ashikaga Yoshimochi 足利義持 · Samurai — The fourth shōgun of the Ashikaga Shogunate of Japan (1386–1428)
- 1634 Hotta Masatoshi 堀田正俊 · Samurai — rōjū to Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna
- 1818 Matsuura Takeshirō 松浦武四郎 · Painter — geographer and explorer (1818-1888)
- 1823 Katsu Kaishū 勝海舟 · Historian — Japanese noble, statesman and naval engineer (1823–1899)
- 1894 Yoshiki Hayama 葉山嘉樹 · Writer — Japanese writer (1894–1945)
- 2011 2011 northern Nagano earthquake 長野県北部地震 · Natural disaster — earthquake in Japan