Historical Events In February - 12

1049  On February - 12 bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX   

1111  German King Hendry V arrives at St Peter, Rome on February - 12.   

1128  On February - 12 toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies   

1130  Pope Innocent II elected on February - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1528  On this day in history treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power   

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

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

1577  On February - 12 spanish land guardian Don Juan of Habsburg signs "Eternal Edict"   

1584  On this day in history casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)   

1585  On February - 12 caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy   

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

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1624  On February - 12 english parliament comes together   

1636  On February - 12 herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist   

1637  On this day in history john Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)   

1663  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority on February - 12.   

1665  Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant) on this day in history.   

1684  On this day in history pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67   

1700  The Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe on February - 12.   

1706  On this day in history josef Christian, German sculptor   

1709  Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe") on February - 12.   

1719  On February - 12 the Onderlinge van 1719 u.a., the oldest existing life insurance company in the Netherlands is founded.   

1728  Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)   

1211  On February - 12 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 February - 12 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  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1538  On February - 12 albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57   

1554  On February - 12 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  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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.