Historical Events In February - 12

1049  On this day in history 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 February - 12.   

1130  On February - 12 pope Innocent II elected   

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) on February - 12.   

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

1438  On this day in history adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

1474  On February - 12 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  Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power on February - 12.   

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

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

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

1567  On February - 12 thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician   

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

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 February - 12.   

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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 February - 12.   

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

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

1706  On this day in history 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 February - 12.   

1719  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1128  On this day in history 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  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history 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  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on this day in history.   

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