Famous Deaths In February - 12

1128  On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies  

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  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on February - 12.  

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 February - 12.  

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 February - 12.  

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1684  On February - 12 pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67  

1700  Death of Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662) on this day in history.  

1724  Death of Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648) on this day in history.  

1728  Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 on February - 12.  

1738  James Sherard, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1762  Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68 on February - 12.  

1763  Death of Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688) on February - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67  

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

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

1834  On this day in history friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65  

1837  Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 on February - 12.  

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

1889  Andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies on February - 12.  

1894  On this day in history 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 this day in history ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83  

1903  On this day in history death of gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834)  

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

1915  Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77 on February - 12.  

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

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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 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  On February - 12 birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)  

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