Page 2: Historical Events In February - 12

1736  On February - 12 maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I)   

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

1740  On this day in history matej Sojka, composer   

1751  On this day in history joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer   

1753  On February - 12 lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer   

1758  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer on this day in history.   

1760  On this day in history jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer   

1762  English fleet occupies Martinique on February - 12.   

1762  On February - 12 laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68   

1763  John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs on this day in history.   

1768  On February - 12 francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)   

1771  Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden on this day in history.   

1771  On February - 12 adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60   

1772  Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India on February - 12.   

1773  Savannah, Georgia is founded by English colonists, led by James Oglethorpe on this day in history.   

1775  Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829) on this day in history.   

1778  Franz Joseph Volkert, composer on February - 12.   

1787  Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1791  On this day in history jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)   

1792  On this day in history ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter   

1793  On February - 12 uS fugitive slave law passed which requires return of escaped slaves   

1793  1st US fugitive slave law passed; requires return of escaped slaves on this day in history.   

1797  On this day in history haydn's song "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser," premieres in Vienna   

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

1800  On February - 12 abraham Lincon was born in Kentucky   

1804  Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1809  On February - 12 the birth of Abraham Lincoln, Former (16th) US President   

1809  The birth of Charles Darwin, English scientist on this day in history.   

1809  Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65) on this day in history.   

1816  St. John's Newfoundland is almost completely destroyed by a fire on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history chile gains independence from Spain   

1818  On this day in history otto Ludwig, German writer (Die Heiterethei)   

1820  On this day in history guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71   

1821  Mercantile Library of City of NY opens on this day in history.   

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1074  On February - 12 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  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  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.   

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on this day in history.   

1242  On February - 12 death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide   

1538  On February - 12 albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57   

1554  Death of Jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17 on February - 12.   

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on February - 12.   

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 February - 12.   

1616  On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65