Famous Deaths In February - 12

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

1242  On February - 12 death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide  

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on February - 12.  

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 February - 12.  

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1630  Death of Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566) on this day in history.  

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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  On this day in history agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73  

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

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

1763  On this day in history death of pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)  

1771  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738)  

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

1837  On February - 12 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

1861  On this day in history 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  Death of Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) on February - 12.  

1896  On February - 12 charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84  

1901  Ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1903  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on this day in history.  

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

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on February - 12.  

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on February - 12.  

1567  On February - 12 birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician  

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on this day in history.  

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on February - 12.