Famous Deaths In February - 12

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on this day in history.  

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  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on February - 12.  

1571  On this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)  

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

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on February - 12.  

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

1624  Death of George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563) on February - 12.  

1630  Death of Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566) on February - 12.  

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1684  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1700  On February - 12 death of aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)  

1724  On February - 12 death of elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)  

1728  Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1738  James Sherard, composer, dies at 71 on February - 12.  

1762  Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1763  On February - 12 death of pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)  

1771  On February - 12 adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60  

1787  Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1789  Death of Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738) on February - 12.  

1799  Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67 on February - 12.  

1804  Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1820  Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1834  On February - 12 friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65  

1837  On this day in history ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

1861  Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on February - 12.  

1889  Andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies on this day in history.  

1894  Death of Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) on February - 12.  

1896  Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1901  On February - 12 ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83  

1903  Death of Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834) on February - 12.  

1905  On this day in history marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies  

1915  On February - 12 charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77  

1916  On this day in history j W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies  

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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  On this day in history birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen  

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

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on February - 12.  

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on February - 12.  

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on this day in history.