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 February - 12.  

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

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

1474  On February - 12 lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat  

1502  On this day in history 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 this day in history albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57  

1541  Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24) on February - 12.  

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

1567  On February - 12 thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician  

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 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  Herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist on this day in history.  

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

1663  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority on February - 12.  

1665  On this day in history rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)  

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

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

1706  On this day in history josef Christian, German sculptor  

1709  Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe") on this day in history.  

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

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1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on February - 12.  

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

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  On February - 12 birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1571  On February - 12 death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)  

1590  On this day in history 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 February - 12.