Historical Events In May - 09
Thursday, 12 February 2026
0328 Athanasius is elected Patriarch bishop of Alexandria 

1079 Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered 

1092 Lincoln Cathedral consecrated 

1265 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia) 

1280 Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42. 

1336 Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux 

1386 Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England. 

1443 Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies. 

1450 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) is assassinated. 

1460 Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings. 

1460 Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies. 

1474 Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded 

1502 Columbus left Spain on his 4th and final trip to New World 

1519 Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government. 

1573 Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king. 

1588 Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris France 

1588 Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris 

1590 Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66. 

1596 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter 

1657 William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies 

1667 Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48) 

1671 Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels. 

1671 Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels 

1688 Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68. 

1689 English King Willem III declares war on France. 

1707 Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69. 

1726 Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn 

1738 England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea and West-Indies. 

1738 John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet. 

1740 Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville). 

1745 Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82 

1753 King Louis XV disbands French parliament 

1754 inaugural newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or die" 

1754 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die". 

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