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Famous Deaths In February - 12

Monday, 20 May 2013

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

1242 Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on this day in history.

1538 Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on this day in history.

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

1624 Death of George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563) on this day in history.

1630 Death of Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566) on this day in history.

1684 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.

1700 Death of Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662) on this day in history.

1724 Death of Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648) on this day in history.

1728 On this day in history agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73

1738 On this day in history james Sherard, composer, dies at 71

1762 Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.

1763 On this day in history 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 this day in history.

1804 Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 on this day in history.

1820 On this day in history guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71

1834 On this day in history friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65

1837 Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.

1861 Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.

1889 On this day in history andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies

1894 On this day in history death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)

1896 On this day in history charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84

1901 On this day in history ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83

1903 On this day in history death of gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834)

1905 Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies on this day in history.

1915 On this day in history charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77

1916 On this day in history j W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1074 On this day in history birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)

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

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

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

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 On this day in history birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)

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