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  On February - 12 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  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  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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.  

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1684  On this day in history pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67  

1700  On February - 12 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  On this day in history james Sherard, composer, dies at 71  

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

1763  On February - 12 death of pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)  

1771  On this day in history 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  On February - 12 death of ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738)  

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

1804  On February - 12 immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79  

1820  On February - 12 guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71  

1834  On February - 12 friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65  

1837  On February - 12 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

1861  On February - 12 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  Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 on February - 12.  

1901  On February - 12 ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83  

1903  On February - 12 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 this day in history.  

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1074  On this day in history birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)  

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on this day in history.  

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

1438  On this day in history birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen  

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on February - 12.  

1567  On February - 12 birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician  

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

1585  On February - 12 birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy