Historical Events In February - 12

1049  On February - 12 bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX  

1111  On February - 12 german King Hendry V arrives at St Peter, Rome  

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

1130  On February - 12 pope Innocent II elected  

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) on this day in history.  

1242  On this day in history hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide  

1438  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1528  On February - 12 treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power  

1538  On this day in history albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57  

1541  Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24) on this day in history.  

1554  Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on this day in history.  

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

1577  On this day in history spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict"  

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

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

1588  On February - 12 john Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass  

1590  On this day in history francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65  

1616  On February - 12 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65  

1624  On this day in history english parliament comes together  

1636  On February - 12 herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist  

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  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1700  The Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe on this day in history.  

1706  On February - 12 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  Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1733  On February - 12 georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah  

1736  Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor François I) on February - 12.  

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1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on February - 12.  

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on this day in history.  

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on February - 12.  

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 February - 12.  

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

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

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

1128  On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies  

1242  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on February - 12.  

1538  On this day in history albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57  

1554  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on February - 12.  

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.  

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

1595  On February - 12 death of archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)  

1616  On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65