Famous Deaths In February - 12

1128  On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies  

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

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.  

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

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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1684  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1700  Death of Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662) on February - 12.  

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 this day in history.  

1738  On this day in history 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  Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1787  On February - 12 ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75  

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  Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71 on February - 12.  

1834  On this day in history friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65  

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

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

1889  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1905  Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies on this day in history.  

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

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 February - 12.  

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 February - 12 birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat  

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

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.