Historical Events In February - 12

1049  Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX on this day in history.  

1111  On this day in history german King Hendry V arrives at St Peter, Rome  

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12.  

1130  Pope Innocent II elected on February - 12.  

1211  On this day in history henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)  

1242  Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on this day in history.  

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen on this day in history.  

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat on February - 12.  

1502  Granada Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism on this day in history.  

1502  On February - 12 granada] Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism  

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1528  Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power on this day in history.  

1538  On February - 12 albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57  

1541  On February - 12 santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24)  

1554  On February - 12 jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17  

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician on this day in history.  

1577  Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict" on this day in history.  

1584  On this day in history casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)  

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy on February - 12.  

1588  John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass on this day in history.  

1590  On February - 12 francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65  

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on February - 12.  

1624  English parliament comes together on this day in history.  

1636  Herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist on this day in history.  

1637  John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature) on February - 12.  

1663  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority on February - 12.  

1665  On this day in history rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)  

1684  On this day in history pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67  

1700  On this day in history the Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe.  

1706  Josef Christian, German sculptor on this day in history.  

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  Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 on February - 12.  

1733  Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah on February - 12.  

1736  On February - 12 maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor François I)  

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1074  On this day in history birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)  

1211  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)  

1218  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)  

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on February - 12.  

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on this day in history.  

1567  On this day in history birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician  

1584  On February - 12 birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)  

1585  On February - 12 birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy  

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on this day in history.  

1242  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on this day in history.  

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on February - 12.  

1554  On February - 12 death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17  

1571  On this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)  

1590  On February - 12 francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65  

1595  On this day in history death of archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)  

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.