Famous Birthdays In February - 12

1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on this day in history.  

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

1218  On February - 12 birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)  

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on February - 12.  

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on February - 12.  

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on this day in history.  

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.  

1588  On February - 12 birth of john Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass  

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  On February - 12 birth of cotton Mather, witchcraft authority  

1665  On February - 12 birth of rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)  

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

1706  Josef Christian, German sculptor was born on February - 12.  

1728  On February - 12 birth of Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799)  

1740  On February - 12 birth of matej Sojka, composer  

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

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

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

1758  On this day in history birth of christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer  

1760  Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer was born on February - 12.  

1768  On February - 12 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  On February - 12 birth of friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)  

1778  On this day in history birth of franz Joseph Volkert, composer  

1785  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)  

1792  On this day in history birth of ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter  

1794  On this day in history birth of alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867)  

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

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on February - 12.  

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on February - 12.  

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 February - 12.