TDIH - February 13
This Day in (Medieval) History: February 13
721 Death of Chilperic II, King of the Franks.
858 Death of Kenneth MacAlpin, King of the Picts.
921 Death of Duke Vratislaus I of Bohemia.
942 Death of Muhammad ibn Ra'iq, Abbasid Emir.
962 The Diploma Ottonianum was signed by Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII, whereby Rome was placed under Papal control.
988 Death of Adalbert Atto, Count of Canossa.
1021 Death of Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph.
1130 Death of Pope Honorius II.
1141 Death of Bιla II, King of Hungary and Croatia.
1199 Death of Stefan Nemanja, ruler of the Serbian Grand Principality.
1332 Death of Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor.
1462 The Treaty of Westminster was signed by King Edward IV of England and John of Islay, Earl of Ross, providing for the division of Scotland if it was conquered by the English.
1457 Birth of Mary of Burgundy, who later inherited the extensive lands of her father Duke Charles of Burgundy and became the wife of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
1480 Birth of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Cardinal.
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