Famous Deaths In February - 12
Monday, 18 March 2024
1128 On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies
1242 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1595 On this day in history death of archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)
1616 On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65
1624 On this day in history 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.
1684 Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on February - 12.
1700 Death of Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662) on February - 12.
1724 Death of Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648) on this day in history.
1728 On this day in history agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73
1738 On this day in history james Sherard, composer, dies at 71
1762 On this day in history laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68
1763 On this day in history 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 Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 on February - 12.
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 Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on February - 12.
1889 On this day in history andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies
1894 Death of Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) on February - 12.
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 this day in history.
1903 Death of Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834) on February - 12.
1905 On February - 12 marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies
1915 On this day in history charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77
1916 J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies on this day in history.
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