Historical Events In February - 12

1049  On this day in history bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX  

1111  German King Hendry V arrives at St Peter, Rome on February - 12.  

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

1130  On February - 12 pope Innocent II elected  

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

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

1438  On February - 12 adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen  

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

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

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

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

1567  On February - 12 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  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  On February - 12 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65  

1624  English parliament comes together on February - 12.  

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

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

1736  On this day in history 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  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on February - 12.  

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

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  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on this day in history.  

1128  On February - 12 toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on February - 12.  

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

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