Historical Events In February - 12

1049  On this day in history bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX  

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

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 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 this day in history granada Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism  

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

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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 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 February - 12.  

1577  Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict" on this day in history.  

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

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

1588  John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history english parliament comes together  

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  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority on this day in history.  

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

1706  On February - 12 josef Christian, German sculptor  

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

1733  Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah on February - 12.  

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

1567  On February - 12 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 February - 12.  

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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