Famous Birthdays In February - 12

1074  On February - 12 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 this day in history.  

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on this day in history.  

1474  On February - 12 birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat  

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

1584  On this day in history birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)  

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  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)  

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

1637  John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature) was born on February - 12.  

1663  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority was born on February - 12.  

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

1704  Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772) was born on February - 12.  

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  Matej Sojka, composer was born on February - 12.  

1751  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer was born on February - 12.  

1753  Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer was born on February - 12.  

1753  On this day in history birth of françois-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798)  

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

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

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

1775  Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829) was born on this day in history.  

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

1778  Franz Joseph Volkert, composer was born on February - 12.  

1785  On this day in history birth of pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)  

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

1791  On February - 12 birth of peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)  

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

1794  Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.  

1804  Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865) was born on February - 12.  

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

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1128  On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies  

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 this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)  

1590  On this day in history 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.