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  On February - 12 birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)   

1438  Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen was born on February - 12.   

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  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.   

1588  John Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass was born on February - 12.   

1606  John Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676) was born on February - 12.   

1636  Herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist was born on February - 12.   

1637  On February - 12 birth of john Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature)   

1663  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority was born on February - 12.   

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  On this day in history birth of josef Christian, German sculptor   

1728  On February - 12 birth of Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (d. 1799)   

1740  Matej Sojka, composer was born on February - 12.   

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

1753  Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 12.   

1768  Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806) was born on this day in history.   

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

1777  On February - 12 birth of friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)   

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

1785  Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838) was born on February - 12.   

1791  Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam) was born on February - 12.   

1791  On February - 12 birth of peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)   

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

1794  Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867) was born on February - 12.   

1804  Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865) was born on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history birth of abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65)   

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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  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  Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65 on February - 12.   

1595  Death of Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) on February - 12.   

1616  On February - 12 john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65