Famous Deaths In February - 12

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on this day in history.  

1242  On this day in history 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  On February - 12 death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17  

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 February - 12.  

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on this day in history.  

1616  On February - 12 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65  

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

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 February - 12.  

1700  On this day in history 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  Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 on February - 12.  

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

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

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

1771  Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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  On February - 12 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 February - 12 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 February - 12.  

1861  Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1915  Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history j W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies  

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1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on February - 12.  

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on February - 12.  

1218  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)  

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on this day in history.  

1474  On February - 12 birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat  

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on this day in history.  

1584  On this day in history birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)  

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