Famous Birthdays In February - 12

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

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on February - 12.  

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  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on February - 12.  

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

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

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on this day in history.  

1588  John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass was born on February - 12.  

1606  John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.  

1636  Herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist was born on this day in history.  

1637  On this day in history birth of john Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)  

1663  On February - 12 birth of cotton Mather, witchcraft authority  

1665  Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant) was born on this day in history.  

1704  On this day in history birth of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)  

1706  On this day in history birth of josef Christian, German sculptor  

1728  Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799) was born on February - 12.  

1740  On February - 12 birth of matej Sojka, composer  

1751  On this day in history birth of joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer  

1753  Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer was born on this day in history.  

1753  On February - 12 birth of françois-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798)  

1758  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer was born on February - 12.  

1760  On February - 12 birth of jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer  

1768  Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806) was born on February - 12.  

1775  On February - 12 birth of louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829)  

1777  Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843) was born on this day in history.  

1778  Franz Joseph Volkert, composer was born on this day in history.  

1785  On February - 12 birth of pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)  

1791  On this day in history birth of jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)  

1791  Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union) was born on this day in history.  

1792  Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter was born on this day in history.  

1794  On February - 12 birth of alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867)  

1804  On February - 12 birth of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)  

1809  Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65) was born on February - 12.  

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1128  On February - 12 toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies  

1242  On this day in history death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide  

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  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on February - 12.  

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 this day in history.