This day in History - February 14

419 Historic Events for February 14
842 Event Charles II and Louis the German sign treaty
869 Death Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies
1014 Event Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II, Roman German emperor
1076 Event Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV
1130 Event Jewish Cardinal Pietro Pierleone elected as anti-pope Anacletus II
1400 Death Richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at 33
1405 Death Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about 68
1462 Birth Edzard I Cirksena, the Great, earl of East-Friesia (1494-1528)
1483 Birth Zahir al-Din Mohammed Babur Shah, prince/founder Mogols-dynasty
1487 Birth Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht/Worms/Freising
1513 Birth Domenico Maria Ferrabosco, Italian composer
1515 Birth Frederick III, the Pious, elect of the Palts
1528 Death Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66
1533 Birth Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch priest/writer (Vita Jesu Christi)
1540 Event Emperor Charles V enters Ghent without resistance, executes rebels
1546 Birth Johann Pistorius, German theologist/historian
1556 Event Archbishop Thomas Cranmer declared a heretic
1571 Death Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70
1571 Death Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Chƒtillon/count of Beauvais, dies at 53
1572 Birth Hans Christoph Haiden, composer
1602 Birth Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer
1610 Event Polish king Sigismund III, Forges Dimitri #2 and Romanov family sign covenant against czar Vasili Shushki
1613 Event King James I's daughter Elizabeth marries Frederik
1630 Event Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil
1638 Birth Sybilla Schwarz, writer