Historical Events In February - 12
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1049 On this day in history bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX
1111 On this day in history german King Hendry V arrives at St Peter, Rome
1128 On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies
1130 Pope Innocent II elected on February - 12.
1211 Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) on February - 12.
1242 Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on this day in history.
1438 On February - 12 adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen
1474 On this day in history lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat
1502 Granada Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism on February - 12.
1502 On February - 12 granada] Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism
1528 Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power on February - 12.
1538 On February - 12 albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57
1541 Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24) on February - 12.
1554 On February - 12 jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17
1567 On February - 12 thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician
1577 On this day in history spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict"
1584 Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) on February - 12.
1585 On this day in history caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy
1588 On this day in history john Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass
1590 Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on February - 12.
1616 John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on February - 12.
1624 English parliament comes together on February - 12.
1636 On February - 12 herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist
1637 On February - 12 john Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)
1663 On this day in history cotton Mather, witchcraft authority
1665 On February - 12 rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)
1684 On February - 12 pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67
1700 On February - 12 the Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe.
1706 On this day in history josef Christian, German sculptor
1709 Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe") on this day in history.
1719 The Onderlinge van 1719 u.a., the oldest existing life insurance company in the Netherlands is founded on this day in history.
1728 On February - 12 agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73
1733 On this day in history georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah
1736 On February - 12 maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor François I)
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