Famous Deaths Happened 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 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 February - 12.   

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1624  On February - 12 death of george Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)   

1630  On this day in history death of fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)   

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  Death of Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648) on this day in history.   

1728  On February - 12 agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73   

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

1762  On this day in history laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68   

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  On February - 12 ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75   

1789  Death of Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738) on this day in history.   

1799  Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1804  On February - 12 immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79   

1820  Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71 on February - 12.   

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

1837  Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1861  On February - 12 hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72   

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

1894  On February - 12 death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)   

1896  On this day in history charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84   

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  Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77   

1916  On February - 12 j W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies   

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1074  On this day in history birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)   

1211  On February - 12 birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.   

1438  On February - 12 birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician   

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

1585  On this day in history birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy