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 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 February - 12.   

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.   

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

1595  On this day in history death of archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)   

1616  On February - 12 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65   

1624  On February - 12 death of george Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)   

1630  Death of Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566) on February - 12.   

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 February - 12.   

1724  On this day in history death of elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)   

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

1738  James Sherard, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

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

1771  On this day in history adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60   

1787  Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 on February - 12.   

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

1799  On this day in history frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67   

1804  Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 on February - 12.   

1820  Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1834  Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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

1889  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1896  Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 on February - 12.   

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

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

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

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on February - 12.   

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.