Famous Deaths In February - 12
Sunday, 17 January 2021
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.
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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