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 February - 12.  

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

1130  On this day in history pope Innocent II elected  

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

1242  On this day in history 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 February - 12 lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat  

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

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

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

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

1541  On February - 12 santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24)  

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

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

1577  Spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict" on February - 12.  

1584  On February - 12 casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)  

1585  On this day in history caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy  

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

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

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 February - 12.  

1637  On this day in history 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 February - 12.  

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

1706  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah  

1736  Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor François I) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1585  On this day in history birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy  

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12.  

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

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 February - 12.  

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