Famous Deaths In 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  On this day in history death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17   

1571  On February - 12 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 February - 12.   

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

1624  Death of George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563) on this day in history.   

1630  Death of Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1724  On this day in history death of elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)   

1728  On this day in history agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73   

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 this day in history death of pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)   

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

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

1789  Death of Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738) on February - 12.   

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

1804  Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 on February - 12.   

1820  On February - 12 guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71   

1834  On February - 12 friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65   

1837  Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 on February - 12.   

1861  Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 February - 12.   

1896  Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 on February - 12.   

1901  Ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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 February - 12.   

1915  Charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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1074  On February - 12 birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)   

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician   

1584  On this day in history birth of casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring)   

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