Famous Deaths In February - 12

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on this day in history.  

1242  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on February - 12.  

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 February - 12.  

1571  On February - 12 death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)  

1590  On February - 12 francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65  

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on February - 12.  

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on February - 12.  

1624  On this day in history death of george Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)  

1630  On this day in history death of fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)  

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1684  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on February - 12.  

1700  On February - 12 death of aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)  

1724  On February - 12 death of elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)  

1728  On February - 12 agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73  

1738  On February - 12 james Sherard, composer, dies at 71  

1762  Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68 on February - 12.  

1763  On February - 12 death of pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)  

1771  Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1787  Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1789  On this day in history death of ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738)  

1799  Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67 on February - 12.  

1804  On February - 12 immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79  

1820  Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71 on February - 12.  

1834  Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65 on February - 12.  

1837  Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 on February - 12.  

1861  On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72  

1889  On February - 12 andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies  

1894  Death of Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) on February - 12.  

1896  Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1901  On February - 12 ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83  

1903  Death of Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834) on February - 12.  

1905  On February - 12 marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies  

1915  On February - 12 charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77  

1916  J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

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1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on February - 12.  

1211  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)  

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on February - 12.  

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on this day in history.  

1474  On February - 12 birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat  

1567  On February - 12 birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician  

1584  On February - 12 birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)  

1585  On this day in history birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy