Historical Events In February - 12

1049  Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX on February - 12.  

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 this day in history pope Innocent II elected  

1211  On February - 12 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  On February - 12 adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen  

1474  On February - 12 lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat  

1502  On this day in history granada Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism  

1502  On this day in history 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  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on February - 12.  

1541  On this day in history santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24)  

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

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

1577  On February - 12 spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict"  

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  On February - 12 english parliament comes together  

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

1637  On February - 12 john Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)  

1663  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority on February - 12.  

1665  On February - 12 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 February - 12.  

1706  Josef Christian, German sculptor on February - 12.  

1709  On February - 12 alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe")  

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  On February - 12 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  On this day in history birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen  

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

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

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on this day in history.  

1585  On this day in history birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy  

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

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

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

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

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on February - 12.  

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