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

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

1474  On this day in history lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat  

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

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

1528  On this day in history treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power  

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

1541  Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24) on February - 12.  

1554  On this day in history jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17  

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician on February - 12.  

1577  Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict" on February - 12.  

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

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  On this day in history 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 February - 12.  

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

1637  On this day in history john Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)  

1663  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority on this day in history.  

1665  Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant) on this day in history.  

1684  On February - 12 pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67  

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

1706  Josef Christian, German sculptor on February - 12.  

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  On February - 12 the Onderlinge van 1719 u.a., the oldest existing life insurance company in the Netherlands is founded.  

1728  Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

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

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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  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on February - 12.  

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on February - 12.  

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  On February - 12 death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide  

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on this day in history.  

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

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on February - 12.  

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