Famous Deaths In February - 12

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12.  

1242  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on February - 12.  

1538  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on this day in history.  

1554  On February - 12 death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17  

1571  On this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)  

1590  On this day in history francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65  

1595  On February - 12 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.  

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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  Death of Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648) on February - 12.  

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

1738  On February - 12 james Sherard, composer, dies at 71  

1762  On this day in history laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68  

1763  On February - 12 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 this day in history ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75  

1789  On this day in history death of ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738)  

1799  On February - 12 frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67  

1804  Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 on February - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

1861  On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72  

1889  On February - 12 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 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 February - 12.  

1903  Death of Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834) on this day in history.  

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

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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  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 this day in history birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat  

1567  On this day in history birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician  

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on February - 12.  

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