Famous Deaths In February - 12

1128  Toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies on February - 12.   

1242  On February - 12 death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide   

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 this day in history.   

1571  Death of Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) on February - 12.   

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  John Drusius, of Driesschen, Flemish Hebraist, dies at 65 on February - 12.   

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  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on February - 12.   

1700  Death of Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662) on February - 12.   

1724  On February - 12 death of elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648)   

1728  Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1738  James Sherard, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1787  On this day in history ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75   

1789  On February - 12 death of ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738)   

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

1804  On February - 12 immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79   

1820  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72   

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

1894  Death of Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) on this day in history.   

1896  On February - 12 charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84   

1901  On this day in history ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83   

1903  Death of Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834) on February - 12.   

1905  On this day in history marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies   

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  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 February - 12.   

1567  On this day in history birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician   

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