Famous Deaths In February - 12

1128  On February - 12 toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies  

1242  Death of Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide on this day in history.  

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

1590  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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 February - 12 death of george Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)  

1630  Death of Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566) on February - 12.  

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

1700  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 February - 12 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

1861  Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on February - 12.  

1889  On February - 12 andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies  

1894  On February - 12 death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)  

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 this day in history.  

1905  On February - 12 marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies  

1915  On February - 12 charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77  

1916  J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies on February - 12.  

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1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on February - 12.  

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

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 February - 12.  

1474  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat  

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on February - 12.  

1584  On this day in history birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)  

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on this day in history.