Famous Birthdays In February - 12

1074  Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101) was born on this day in history.   

1211  On February - 12 birth of henry VII, Roman catholic German king (1220-35)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1588  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, English attorney/puritan/1st gov of Mass   

1606  On February - 12 birth of john Winthrop, the Younger, Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)   

1636  On February - 12 birth of herman Witsius, [Wits], Dutch reformed theologist   

1637  John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature) was born on this day in history.   

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

1665  On this day in history birth of rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)   

1704  Charles Pinot Duclos, French writer (d. 1772) was born on February - 12.   

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 February - 12.   

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  Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer was born on February - 12.   

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

1768  On February - 12 birth of francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)   

1775  On this day in history birth of louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829)   

1777  On this day in history birth of friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, German poet (d. 1843)   

1778  On February - 12 birth of franz Joseph Volkert, composer   

1785  On this day in history birth of pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)   

1791  On February - 12 birth of jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)   

1791  On this day in history birth of peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)   

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

1794  On this day in history birth of alexander Petrov, Russian chess player (d. 1867)   

1804  On this day in history birth of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (d. 1865)   

1809  Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65) was born on this day in history.   

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1128  On this day in history toghtekin, slave/atabek of Damascus, dies   

1242  On this day in history death of hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide   

1538  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1595  On February - 12 death of archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553)   

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