Famous Birthdays In February - 12

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

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

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician   

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist   

1637  On February - 12 birth of john Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)   

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

1665  On this day in history birth of rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)   

1704  On February - 12 birth of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)   

1706  On February - 12 birth of josef Christian, German sculptor   

1728  On this day in history birth of Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799)   

1740  Matej Sojka, composer was born on February - 12.   

1751  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer was born on this day in history.   

1753  On this day in history birth of lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer   

1753  François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798) was born on this day in history.   

1758  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer was born on this day in history.   

1760  Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history birth of francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)   

1775  On this day in history birth of louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829)   

1777  Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843) was born on February - 12.   

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

1785  Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838) was born on February - 12.   

1791  Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

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

1792  On February - 12 birth of ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter   

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

1804  On this day in history birth of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)   

1809  On February - 12 birth of abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65)   

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

1554  On this day in history death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17   

1571  On February - 12 death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)   

1590  On February - 12 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  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.