Historical Events In February - 12

1049  Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX on this day in history.  

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

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12.  

1130  Pope Innocent II elected on February - 12.  

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

1242  Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on February - 12.  

1438  On this day in history 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 February - 12.  

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

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

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

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

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

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy on February - 12.  

1588  On February - 12 john Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass  

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

1616  On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65  

1624  On February - 12 english parliament comes together  

1636  On this day in history herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist  

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

1663  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority on February - 12.  

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

1684  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on February - 12.  

1700  The Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe on February - 12.  

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

1728  Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 on February - 12.  

1733  On this day in history georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on this day in history.  

1128  On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies  

1242  On February - 12 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  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on February - 12.  

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.  

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