Historical Events In February - 12

1049  Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX on February - 12.  

1111  German King Hendry V arrives at St Peter, Rome on this day in history.  

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

1130  On this day in history pope Innocent II elected  

1211  On this day in history henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)  

1242  On February - 12 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 this day in history 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 February - 12.  

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1528  Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power on this day in history.  

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on this day in history.  

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

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

1567  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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  On this day in history john Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)  

1663  On February - 12 cotton Mather, witchcraft authority  

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

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

1700  On February - 12 the Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe.  

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

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

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on this day in history.  

1567  On this day in history birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician  

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

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

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 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 this day in history.  

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on February - 12.  

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