Historical Events In February - 05

0816  On this day in history frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity   

1428  On February - 05 king Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons   

1488  On this day in history roman catholic German emperor Maximilian I caught in Belgium   

1512  On February - 05 french troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna   

1556  Kings Henri I &Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles on February - 05.   

1556  Kings Henri I & Philip II sign Treaty of Vaucelles on this day in history.   

1572  Beggars assault Oisterwijk Netherlands, drive nuns out on February - 05.   

1572  On February - 05 beggars assault Oisterwijk Neth, drive nuns out   

1576  On February - 05 henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours   

1578  Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on February - 05.   

1589  On February - 05 honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet   

1591  On this day in history gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1597  On this day in history a group of early Japanese Christians are killed by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.   

1631  On this day in history rhode Island, founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England   

1644  First US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut on February - 05.   

1644  1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut on this day in history.   

1649  On February - 05 prince of Wales becomes king Charles II   

1658  Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 on February - 05.   

1662  Giuseppi Vignola, composer on February - 05.   

1663  Earthquake in Canada on this day in history.   

1679  German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France on February - 05.   

1679  On this day in history joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

1705  Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 on February - 05.   

1711  Joseph Umstatt, composer on February - 05.   

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1723  John Witherspoon, clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence on this day in history.   

1732  Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer on this day in history.   

1736  Methodists John &Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah GA on February - 05.   

1736  Methodists John & Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia on this day in history.   

1738  On this day in history georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61   

1744  On February - 05 john Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist   

1745  On this day in history coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49   

1748  On this day in history christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer/conductor/tutor of Beethoven   

1753  On February - 05 coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma, Frisian regent/patriot   

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0976  On this day in history birth of sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)   

1505  On this day in history birth of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)   

1519  On February - 05 birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)   

1534  Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612) was born on this day in history.   

1589  Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet was born on February - 05.   

1589  Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on this day in history.   

1608  On February - 05 birth of gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)   

1626  Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.   

0995  Death of William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937) on this day in history.   

1520  Death of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493) on this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies   

1591  On this day in history gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies   

1658  Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1679  On this day in history joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

1705  Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on February - 05.