Famous Deaths In February - 12

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12.  

1242  On February - 12 death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide  

1538  On February - 12 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  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.  

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

1595  On February - 12 death of archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)  

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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  Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1738  James Sherard, composer, dies at 71 on February - 12.  

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

1763  Death of Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688) on this day in history.  

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 February - 12.  

1789  Death of Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.  

1905  Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies on February - 12.  

1915  Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77 on February - 12.  

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  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  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on February - 12.  

1474  On this day in history 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 February - 12.  

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on February - 12.