Historical Events In February - 05

0816  On February - 05 frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity  

1428  On February - 05 king Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons  

1488  On February - 05 roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium  

1512  On this day in history french troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna  

1556  On this day in history kings Henri I &Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles  

1556  On February - 05 kings Henri I & Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles  

1572  On February - 05 beggars assault Oisterwijk Netherlands, drive nuns out  

1572  Beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out on February - 05.  

1576  Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours on this day in history.  

1578  Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on this day in history.  

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1589  On this day in history honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet  

1591  On February - 05 gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies  

1597  On this day in history a group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.  

1631  On this day in history rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England  

1644  On this day in history first US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut  

1644  On February - 05 1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut  

1649  On this day in history prince of Wales becomes king Charles II  

1658  On this day in history maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52  

1662  On February - 05 giuseppi Vignola, composer  

1663  On February - 05 earthquake in Canada  

1679  German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France on February - 05.  

1679  Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

1705  On this day in history jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37  

1711  Joseph Umstatt, composer on February - 05.  

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on February - 05.  

1723  On this day in history john Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence  

1732  On February - 05 nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer  

1736  Methodists John &Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah GA on February - 05.  

1736  Methodists John & Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia on February - 05.  

1738  Georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61 on February - 05.  

1744  On February - 05 john Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist  

1745  On this day in history coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49  

1748  On this day in history christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven  

1753  On February - 05 coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Frisian regent/patriot  

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0976  Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) was born on this day in history.  

1505  Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572) was born on this day in history.  

1519  René of Châlon, (d. 1544) was born on February - 05.  

1534  On this day in history birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)  

1589  On this day in history birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet  

1589  Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.  

1608  Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on this day in history.  

1626  On this day in history birth of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)  

0995  Death of William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937) on February - 05.  

1520  Death of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493) on February - 05.  

1578  Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on this day in history.  

1591  On February - 05 gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies  

1658  Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1679  On February - 05 joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91  

1705  Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1721  On this day in history james Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47