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 February - 12 pope Innocent II elected   

1211  On February - 12 henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

1242  On February - 12 hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide   

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen on February - 12.   

1474  On this day in history lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

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

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

1528  Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power on February - 12.   

1538  On February - 12 albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57   

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

1554  On this day in history jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17   

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 February - 12 casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)   

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

1624  English parliament comes together on February - 12.   

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

1637  John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature) on this day in history.   

1663  On this day in history cotton Mather, witchcraft authority   

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

1684  On this day in history pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67   

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

1733  Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah on this day in history.   

1736  Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor François I) on February - 12.   

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1074  On February - 12 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  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  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  On February - 12 toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies   

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

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  On this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)   

1590  On February - 12 francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65   

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.