Famous Birthdays In February - 12

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

1211  On this day in history 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  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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1636  On this day in history birth of herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist  

1637  John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature) was born on this day in history.  

1663  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1740  On February - 12 birth of matej Sojka, composer  

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

1753  On February - 12 birth of lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer  

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

1758  On February - 12 birth of christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer  

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

1768  On February - 12 birth of francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)  

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 February - 12 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  Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union) was born on February - 12.  

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  Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.  

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 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  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 this day in history 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  On February - 12 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65