Famous Birthdays In February - 12

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

1211  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)  

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 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  On February - 12 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 this day in history.  

1606  John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676) was born on February - 12.  

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1636  On February - 12 birth of herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1768  On this day in history 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  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  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  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 this day in history.  

1554  On February - 12 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  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on this day in history.  

1616  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on February - 12.