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 February - 12.   

1438  On this day in history birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

1474  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat   

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

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

1585  Caspar Bartholin, Malmö , physician, theologian, writer on anatomy was born on February - 12.   

1588  On February - 12 birth of john Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass   

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 this day in history.   

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

1663  Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority was born on this day in history.   

1665  On February - 12 birth of rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)   

1704  Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772) was born on this day in history.   

1706  On this day in history birth of josef Christian, German sculptor   

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

1740  On February - 12 birth of matej Sojka, composer   

1751  On February - 12 birth of joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer   

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

1753  François-Paul Brueys D'Aigalliers, French admiral (d. 1798) was born on February - 12.   

1758  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1768  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)   

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  Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.   

1791  Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union) was born on this day in history.   

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

1794  Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.   

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

1809  Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65) was born on February - 12.   

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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 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 February - 12.   

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history john Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65