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  Kings Henri I &Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles on this day in history.  

1556  Kings Henri I & Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles on this day in history.  

1572  Beggars assault Oisterwijk Netherlands, drive nuns out on this day in history.  

1572  On this day in history beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out  

1576  On February - 05 henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours  

1578  On this day in history giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies  

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  Rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England on this day in history.  

1644  First US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut on this day in history.  

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

1649  On February - 05 prince of Wales becomes king Charles II  

1658  Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 on February - 05.  

1662  On this day in history giuseppi Vignola, composer  

1663  Earthquake in Canada on February - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer on this day in history.  

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

1736  On February - 05 methodists John & Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia  

1738  On February - 05 georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61  

1744  John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist on this day in history.  

1745  Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49 on February - 05.  

1748  Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven on this day in history.  

1753  Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Frisian regent/patriot on February - 05.  

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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 this day in history.  

1534  On February - 05 birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)  

1589  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet was born on this day in history.  

1589  On this day in history birth of esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)  

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

1626  On February - 05 birth of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)  

0995  On February - 05 death of william IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)  

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

1578  On this day in history giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies  

1591  On this day in history gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies  

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

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

1705  On February - 05 jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37  

1721  On February - 05 james Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47