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  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on February - 12.  

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  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1616  On February - 12 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  On February - 12 death of fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)  

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

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

1724  Death of Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648) on February - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history death of pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)  

1771  On February - 12 adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60  

1787  On February - 12 ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75  

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

1799  On February - 12 frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67  

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

1820  On February - 12 guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71  

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

1837  On this day in history ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

1861  Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on February - 12.  

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

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

1896  On February - 12 charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84  

1901  Ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83 on February - 12.  

1903  On February - 12 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  J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

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

1211  On February - 12 birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)  

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

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 February - 12.  

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on this day in history.  

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on February - 12.  

1585  On February - 12 birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy