It happened today – this day in history – February 12
1502: Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on his second voyage to India. 1554: Queen of England for nine
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Read more1294: Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months. 1466: Death of artist Donatello aged 80. 1577: Sir
Read more1220: Frederick II is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Honorius III. 1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounds the
Read more1375: The Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands. 1549: The Duke of Somerset is dismissed as Lord Protector and
Read more1399: Richard II abdicates. 1520: Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan. 1544: Henry VIII pulls
Read more1502: Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on his second voyage to India. 1554: Queen of England for nine
Read more1294: Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months. 1466: Death of artist Donatello aged 80. 1577: Sir
Read more1375: The Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands. 1549: The Duke of Somerset is dismissed as Lord Protector and
Read more1399: Richard II abdicates. 1520: Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan. 1544: Henry VIII pulls
Read more1502: Vasco da Gama sets sail from Lisbon on his second voyage to India. 1554: Queen of England for nine
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