Famous Deaths Happened In February - 12

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

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  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on this day in history.   

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

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 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  On February - 12 death of fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)   

1684  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on February - 12.   

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  On this day in history agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73   

1738  James Sherard, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1762  On February - 12 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 this day in history ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75   

1789  Death of Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738) on this day in history.   

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

1804  On this day in history 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 this day in history ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50   

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 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  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 this day in history birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on this day in history.   

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