Famous Deaths In February - 12

1128  On February - 12 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 this day in history.  

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

1571  On February - 12 death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)  

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  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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  On February - 12 pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67  

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

1738  On this day in history james Sherard, composer, dies at 71  

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

1763  Death of Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688) on this day in history.  

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  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  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  On February - 12 friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65  

1837  On this day in history ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

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 February - 12.  

1894  On this day in history death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)  

1896  Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

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 February - 12.  

1915  On February - 12 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 February - 12 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  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on February - 12.  

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

1584  On February - 12 birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)  

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