Famous Birthdays In February - 12

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 February - 12.   

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

1438  On February - 12 birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

1474  Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

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

1584  On February - 12 birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)   

1585  On this day in history birth of caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy   

1588  John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass was born on this day in history.   

1606  John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1636  Herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist was born on this day in history.   

1637  On this day in history birth of john Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)   

1663  On this day in history birth of cotton Mather, witchcraft authority   

1665  Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant) was born on this day in history.   

1704  On February - 12 birth of charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772)   

1706  Josef Christian, German sculptor was born on February - 12.   

1728  Ã‰tienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799) was born on February - 12.   

1740  On February - 12 birth of matej Sojka, composer   

1751  Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer was born on this day in history.   

1753  On February - 12 birth of lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer   

1753  On this day in history birth of françois-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798)   

1758  On this day in history birth of christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer   

1760  Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1777  Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843) was born on February - 12.   

1778  On this day in history birth of franz Joseph Volkert, composer   

1785  On this day in history birth of pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)   

1791  On February - 12 birth of jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)   

1791  On this day in history birth of peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)   

1792  On February - 12 birth of ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter   

1794  On this day in history birth of alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867)   

1804  On this day in history birth of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)   

1809  On February - 12 birth of abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65)   

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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 this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)   

1590  On this day in history 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.