Famous Deaths Happened 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  On February - 12 albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, dies at about 57   

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  On February - 12 death of aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662)   

1724  Death of Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648) on February - 12.   

1728  Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73 on February - 12.   

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

1762  Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1763  Death of Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688) on this day in history.   

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 February - 12.   

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

1804  On this day in history immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79   

1820  On this day in history guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71   

1834  Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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 February - 12.   

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  Ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83 on February - 12.   

1903  Death of Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834) on this day in history.   

1905  On February - 12 marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies   

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

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

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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 February - 12 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 February - 12 birth of thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician   

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