Famous Deaths Happened In February - 12
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
1128 Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12. 

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

1538 On this day in history albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 

1554 Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on this day in history. 

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 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. 

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 this day in history. 

1684 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on February - 12. 

1700 Death of Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662) on February - 12. 

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 February - 12 james Sherard, composer, dies at 71 

1762 On February - 12 laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68 

1763 Death of Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688) on this day in history. 

1771 On this day in history adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60 

1787 On this day in history ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 

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

1834 Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65 on February - 12. 

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 On February - 12 death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) 

1896 Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 on February - 12. 

1901 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1905 On February - 12 marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies 

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

1916 J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies on February - 12. 

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