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 February - 12.  

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

1474  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat  

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

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

1665  Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant) was born on February - 12.  

1704  On this day in history birth of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)  

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

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

1740  On this day in history birth of matej Sojka, composer  

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

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

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

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

1760  On this day in history birth of jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer  

1768  Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1791  On this day in history birth of jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)  

1791  Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union) was born on February - 12.  

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

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1128  On February - 12 toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies  

1242  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on February - 12.  

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  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.  

1590  On February - 12 francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65  

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

1616  On February - 12 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65