Famous Deaths Happened In February - 12
Friday, 23 May 2025
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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1624 Death of George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563) on this day in history.
1630 On February - 12 death of fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)
1684 On this day in history pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67
1700 On February - 12 death of aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)
1724 On this day in history death of elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)
1728 On this day in history agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73
1738 On this day in history james Sherard, composer, dies at 71
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 Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1799 On this day in history frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67
1804 On this day in history immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79
1820 On this day in history guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71
1834 On this day in history friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65
1837 Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1896 On this day in history charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84
1901 Ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83 on February - 12.
1903 On February - 12 death of gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834)
1905 Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies on February - 12.
1915 Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1916 J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies on February - 12.
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