Famous Deaths Happened In February - 12

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

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  On this day in history death of jane Grey, queen of England for 9 days, beheaded at 17   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On February - 12 death of fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566)   

1684  Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

1728  On February - 12 agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73   

1738  James Sherard, composer, dies at 71 on February - 12.   

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

1763  On February - 12 death of pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688)   

1771  On February - 12 adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60   

1787  Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1799  On February - 12 frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer, dies at 67   

1804  Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (Zum ewigen Frieden), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1834  Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 65 on February - 12.   

1837  On this day in history ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50   

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

1889  On February - 12 andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies   

1894  Death of Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) on February - 12.   

1896  Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 on February - 12.   

1901  Ramon de Campoamor bon Campoosorio, Spanish poet (Colon), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1903  On February - 12 death of gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish dramatist and statesman (b. 1834)   

1905  Marcel Schwob, French writer/journalist (Coeur double), dies on February - 12.   

1915  On February - 12 charles Emile Waldteufel, composer, dies at 77   

1916  J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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1074  On February - 12 birth of conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)   

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

1218  Kujo Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (d. 1256) was born on February - 12.   

1438  On February - 12 birth of adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen   

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

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

1584  Casparus Barleaus, Flemish theologist/poet (Muiderkring) was born on this day in history.   

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