Historical Events In February - 12

1901  On February - 12 dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed   

1901  On this day in history ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83   

1902  On this day in history william D Revelli, Spring Gulch Colorado, band leader   

1904  On February - 12 ted Mack, Denver Colo, TV host (Original Amateur Hour)   

1905  On this day in history harry Bellaver, actor (Sgt Arcaro-Naked City)   

1905  On this day in history marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies   

1906  On February - 12 george Cohans musical "George Washington," premieres in NYC   

1908  On February - 12 new York to Paris auto race (via Alaska &Siberia) begins in New York NY; George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel   

1908  Anna Jeanes bequeaths $1,000,000 to Swarthmore to become all female on February - 12.   

1909  On this day in history national Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded   

1909  On February - 12 national Assn for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms   

1909  On February - 12 barry Wood, New Haven Ct, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)   

1910  On February - 12 forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer   

1911  On February - 12 charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1936)   

1912  China adopts the Gregorian calendar on February - 12.   

1912  China becomes a republic, after centuries of rule by an Emperor on this day in history.   

1912  On February - 12 last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Henry P'u-i, abdicates   

1912  On this day in history robert Cromie publishes first issue of the Vancouver Sun, to "consistently advocate the principles of Liberalism"   

1912  The Republic of China is formed on this day in history.   

1912  On February - 12 china adopts Gregorian calendar   

1912  On this day in history eddie J Bush, golf professional   

1913  On this day in history pedro Gastao de Orleans e Braganca, grandson of emperor Pedro I   

1914  On this day in history in Washington, DC, the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.   

1914  On this day in history gordon Tex Beneke, saxophonist/bandleader/vocalist (Glenn Miller Orch)   

1915  Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial on this day in history.   

1915  Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC on February - 12.   

1915  Lorne Greene broadcaster, actor, born on this day at Ottawa Ontario on February - 12.   

1915  Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Wash DC on February - 12.   

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

1916  1st edition of Joseph Patterson/Sidney Smith strip "Gumps" on February - 12.   

1916  On February - 12 j W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies   

1917  On this day in history prime Minister Robert Laird Borden 1854-1937 arrives in London to sit as a member of the British [Imperial] War Cabinet   

1920  On this day in history 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike   

1920  -Apr 26] 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike on February - 12.   

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

1211  On February - 12 birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on February - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on February - 12.   

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

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 February - 12 death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17   

1571  On this day in history 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  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 February - 12.