Famous Deaths In February - 12

1128  On this day in history 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  Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57 on this day in history.   

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

1571  On this day in history death of nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)   

1590  On February - 12 francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat, dies at 65   

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  On February - 12 death of george Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563)   

1630  Death of Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566) on February - 12.   

1684  On February - 12 pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67   

1700  On this day in history death of aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)   

1724  Death of Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648) on this day in history.   

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 February - 12 death of pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)   

1771  Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60 on February - 12.   

1787  Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 on February - 12.   

1789  Death of Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738) on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67   

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

1820  Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71 on February - 12.   

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

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

1861  On February - 12 hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72   

1889  On this day in history andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies   

1894  On this day in history death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)   

1896  On this day in history charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84   

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 this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77   

1916  J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies on February - 12.   

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

1211  Henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35) was born on February - 12.   

1218  On this day in history birth of kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256)   

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

1474  On February - 12 birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

1567  Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician was born on this day in history.   

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