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 this day in history.   

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on this day in history.   

1130  On February - 12 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  On February - 12 adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

1474  On this day in history lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

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

1502  Granada] Moslems forced to convert to Catholicism on this day in history.   

1528  On February - 12 treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power   

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

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

1554  Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on this day in history.   

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician on February - 12.   

1577  On this day in history spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict"   

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) on February - 12.   

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy on February - 12.   

1588  On February - 12 john Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass   

1590  On this day in history francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65   

1616  On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65   

1624  English parliament comes together on this day in history.   

1636  On this day in history herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist   

1637  On February - 12 john Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)   

1663  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority on February - 12.   

1665  On February - 12 rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)   

1684  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on February - 12.   

1700  On February - 12 the Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe.   

1706  Josef Christian, German sculptor on February - 12.   

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  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  On this day in history maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor François I)   

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

1211  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

1218  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)   

1438  On this day in history birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

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

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  On February - 12 albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57   

1554  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on this day in history.   

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.