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Famous Birthdays In February - 12

Friday, 24 May 2013

1074 Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on this day in history.

1211 Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on this day in history.

1218 On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)

1438 On this day in history birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen

1474 Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on this day in history.

1567 On this day in history birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician

1584 Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on this day in history.

1585 Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on this day in history.

1588 John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass was born on this day in history.

1606 John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.

1636 On this day in history birth of herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist

1637 John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature) was born on this day in history.

1663 Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority was born on this day in history.

1665 On this day in history birth of rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)

1704 Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772) was born on this day in history.

1706 On this day in history birth of josef Christian, German sculptor

1728 On this day in history birth of Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799)

1740 On this day in history birth of matej Sojka, composer

1751 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer was born on this day in history.

1753 Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer was born on this day in history.

1753 François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798) was born on this day in history.

1758 On this day in history birth of christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer

1760 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer was born on this day in history.

1768 On this day in history birth of francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)

1775 On this day in history birth of louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829)

1777 On this day in history birth of friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)

1778 On this day in history birth of franz Joseph Volkert, composer

1785 Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838) was born on this day in history.

1791 On this day in history birth of jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)

1791 Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union) was born on this day in history.

1792 Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter was born on this day in history.

1794 On this day in history birth of alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867)

1804 On this day in history birth of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)

1809 Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65) was born on this day in history.

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Famous Deaths In February - 12

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1128 On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies

1242 On this day in history death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide

1538 On this day in history albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57

1554 Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on this day in history.

1571 On this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)

1590 On this day in history francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65

1595 Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on this day in history.

1616 On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65