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 this day in history.  

1130  On this day in history pope Innocent II elected  

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) on this day in history.  

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

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

1502  Granada] Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism on February - 12.  

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

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

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

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

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician on February - 12.  

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

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) on February - 12.  

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

1588  On this day in history john Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass  

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

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on February - 12.  

1624  English parliament comes together on February - 12.  

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

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

1663  On this day in history cotton Mather, witchcraft authority  

1665  Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant) on February - 12.  

1684  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1700  The Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe on this day in history.  

1706  Josef Christian, German sculptor on this day in history.  

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 this day in history agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73  

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

1736  On February - 12 maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor François I)  

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1074  On February - 12 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 February - 12 birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)  

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on this day in history.  

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 February - 12.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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 February - 12.  

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

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