On This Day in History for February 12
Events in History
- 1049 Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX
- 1111 King Henry V, King of Germany and Italy, arrives in Rome for his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor, but Pope Paschal II refuses to crown him until April owing to the Investiture Controversy
- 1130 Pope Innocent II elected
- 1429 Battle of the Herrings fought during Hundred Years' War when French and Scottish troops unsuccessfully attack English convoy (carrying barrels of herrings) near Rouvray
- 1502 Muslims in Granada forced to convert to Catholicism
- 1502 Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on his second voyage to India
- 1528 Treaty of Dordrecht between emperor & ecclesiastical power
- 1541 Santiago, Chile, founded (or Feb 24)
- More Events in History
Cotton Mather
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Darwin
Omar Bradley
James Chichester-Clark
Ray KurzweilWeddings in History
- 1736 Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I)
More Weddings in History
Jane Grey
Ethan Allen
Immanuel Kant
James Cash Penney
Charles M. SchulzFebruary in History
Thomas Edison, The ‘Invention Factory’ Wizard
Thomas Edison, hailed by many as America’s greatest practical genius, was born on this day. He went on to become the holder of a world record 1,093 patents.
February 11, 1847
Abraham Lincoln, the Presidential Icon
Abraham Lincoln, hailed by many as the greatest President of the United States, was born in poverty on this day in a one-room rural cabin, the son of a farmer.
February 12, 1809
Cold War Bumping Incident
Soviet frigate Bezzavetny (right) bumping USS Yorktown in the Black Sea in 1988
February 12, 1988
Ancient Dresden Reduced to Rubble
The blanket bombing of Dresden in East Germany which began on this day, cost thousands of lives and remains highly controversial.
February 13, 1945