Historical Events In February - 12

1049  On February - 12 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  Pope Innocent II elected on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on February - 12.  

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 February - 12.  

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

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

1584  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

1636  Herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist on February - 12.  

1637  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe")  

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

1728  On February - 12 agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73  

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

1736  Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor François I) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on February - 12.  

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

1571  On February - 12 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  On this day in history 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