Historical Events In February - 13

0858  Kenneth I of Scotland on February - 13.  

1130  Pope Honorius II dies this day and Gregorio Papareschi is elected to succeed him as Innocent II, but Cardinal Pierleone is elected as an antipope, and Innocent flees to France on this day in history.  

1130  Gregorio de' Papareschi elected as Pope Innocent II on February - 13.  

1130  Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies on February - 13.  

1199  Stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies on this day in history.  

1237  On February - 13 jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns  

1258  On February - 13 baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.  

1315  On this day in history jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies  

1332  On this day in history andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies  

1349  On this day in history jews are expelled from Burgsordf Switzerland  

1440  Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian on February - 13.  

1503  On February - 13 disfida di Barletta  

1510  On February - 13 charles of Gelre conquerors Oldenzaal  

1542  On February - 13 catherine Howard, the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII, is beheaded for adultery.  

1542  Catharine Howard, queen of England/5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded on this day in history.  

1545  On February - 13 willem of Nassau becomes prince of Orange  

1566  St Augustine FL founded on this day in history.  

1566  St. Augustine, Florida is founded on this day in history.  

1566  St Augustine, Florida founded on February - 13.  

1575  Henry III of France is crowned at Rheims on February - 13.  

1592  Jacopo Bassano, Italian painter on February - 13.  

1599  On this day in history alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67)  

1601  On February - 13 john Lancaster leads 1st East India Company voyage from London  

1602  On this day in history alexander Nowell, English churchman, dean of St Paul's, dies  

1610  On February - 13 jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists  

1622  On this day in history adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized  

1629  On this day in history girolamo Giacobbi, composer, dies at 61  

1633  On February - 13 italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun  

1635  America's first public school was established - the Boston Latin School on this day in history.  

1635  Oldest US public institution, Boston Latin School founded on February - 13.  

1635  On February - 13 the first public school in America opens in Boston, Massachusetts.  

1635  On this day in history georg R Weckerlin, German poet, dies at 50  

1641  On this day in history the Iroquois Confederacy of the Long House formally declares war against New France; still resent Champlain's treaty with the Hurons and Algonquins  

1651  Flemish missionary Joris van Geel departs to Congo on February - 13.  

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1440  Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian was born on this day in history.  

1457  On February - 13 birth of mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)  

1480  On this day in history birth of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542)  

1599  On February - 13 birth of alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67)  

1610  On February - 13 birth of jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists  

1622  On February - 13 birth of adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized  

1658  On February - 13 birth of jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter  

1660  Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer was born on February - 13.  

0858  Death of Kenneth I of Scotland on this day in history.  

1130  Honorius II, [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies on February - 13.  

1141  On February - 13 death of béla II of Hungary (b. 1110)  

1199  On February - 13 stefanus Nemanja (Symeon), monk, dies  

1219  Death of Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192) on February - 13.  

1237  Death of Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns on this day in history.  

1315  Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies on February - 13.  

1332  Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies on this day in history.