Historical Events In July - 20
Thursday, 12 February 2026
0514 St Hormisdas elected as Pope succeeding Pope Sympowerus. 

0833 Ansegis/Ansegius, French abbot of Fontenelle/author, dies at about 63. 

0985 Pope Boniface VII 

1031 Henry I succeeds father Robert II as King of France. 

1031 Robert II de Vrome, King of France (996-1031), dies. 

1160 Peter Lombard, French theologian 

1201 Agnes of France, queen of France, dies [or 7/18]. 

1304 Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle. 

1304 Francesco Petrarch, Italy, poet (Italia Mia) 

1322 Frederik II van Sierck, bishop of Utrecht (1317-22), dies 

1453 Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler 

1454 Johan II, King of Castile, dies at 49. 

1495 French viceroy of Naples Montpensier surrenders. 

1498 Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands. 

1513 Gaspar Schetz, Dutch treasurer-general 

1519 Innocent IX, [Giovanni A Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591) 

1553 PM John Dudley captured in Cambridge. 

1573 Lancelot of Brederode, water beggar, beheaded. 

1597 Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Neth publisher, dies 

1600 Simon Ives, composer. 

1607 Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian (Historia Belgica), dies at 48. 

1608 Reynier van Oldenbarnevelt marries Anna Weytzen in Delft 

1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion 

1609 Federico Zuccari, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at about 69. 

1616 Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier 

1619 Gerardus Vossius steps down as Dutch regent States college leader 

1627 English fleet under George Villiers reaches La Rochelle [OS=June 10] 

1636 John Oldham, trader in Mass, murdered by indians. 

1654 Anglo-Portuguese treaty, Portugal comes under English control. 

1663 Pierre Drevet, French engraver. 

1709 James Harris, philosopher. 

1712 The Riot Act takes effect in Great Britain. 

1720 Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer 

1726 William Jones, composer. 

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