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Feb 12 1211

Henry VII Roman catholic German king (1220-35)

Feb 12 1438

Adolf van Egmond duke of Gelreearl of Zutphen

Feb 12 1474

Lorenzo Campeggi(o) archbishop of Bolognadiplomat

Feb 12 1567

Thomas Campion England composerpoetphysician

Feb 12 1584

Casparus Barleaus Flemish theologistpoet (Muiderkring)

Feb 12 1585

Caspar Bartholin the Elder Danish physician theologian writer on anatomy born in Malm Denmark (modern Sweden) (d. 1629)

Feb 12 1606

John Winthrop the Younger Governor of Connecticut (d. 1676)

Feb 12 1636

Herman Witsius [Wits] Dutch reformed theologist

Feb 12 1637

Jan Swammerdam Amsterdam Dutch anatomistentomologist (Bible of Nature)

Feb 12 1665

Rudolph J Camerarius German botanistphysician (sexuality plant)

Feb 12 1728

tienne-Louis Boulle French architect (d. 1799)

Feb 12 1740

Matej Sojka Bohemian composer born in Vilmov (d. 1817)

Feb 12 1753

Franois-Paul Brueys DAigalliers French admiral (d. 1798)

Feb 12 1760

Jan Ladislav Dussek Bohemia pianistcomposer

Feb 12 1768

Francis II Florence Italy last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)

Feb 12 1775

Louisa Adams US First Lady (1825-29) born in London (d. 1852)

Feb 12 1777

Friedrich de la Motte Fouqu German poet (d. 1843)

Feb 12 1785

Pierre Louis Dulong French physicist (d. 1838)

Feb 12 1791

Jan D Zocher Jr Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark Amsterdam)

Feb 12 1791

Peter Cooper American industrialist inventor and philanthropist (Cooper Union steam locomotive) born in NYC New York (d. 1883)

Feb 12 1794

Alexander Petrov Russian chess player (d. 1867)

Feb 12 1815

Edward Forbes Douglas Isle of Man English Naturalist and pioneer in the field of biogeography

Feb 12 1824

Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati Indian hindu leader

Feb 12 1828

George Meredith England poetnovelist (Shaving of Shagpat)

Feb 12 1828

Robert Ransom Jr Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1892)

Feb 12 1831

John Morrissey boxerdeveloper of Saratoga Springs horse race track

Feb 12 1838

Charles C. Walcutt American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War born in Columbus Ohio (d. 1898)

Feb 12 1841

Gijsbert van Tienhoven Dutch mayor (Amsterdam) and Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1891-1894

Feb 12 1843

John Graham Chambers English athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing (d. 1883)

Feb 12 1850

Amaat Vyncke Flemish missionary (Flemish Flag)

Feb 12 1852

Hendrik Blink geographer (Van de Eems tot de Schelde)

Feb 12 1857

Bobby Peel cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)

Feb 12 1861

Lou [Andreas-]Salome RussianGerman author (Im Kampf um Gott)

Feb 12 1049 Bruno count of Egesheim & Dagsburg crowned Pope Leo IX

Feb 12 1111 German King Hendry V arrives at St Peter Rome

Feb 12 1502 Muslims in Granada forced to convert to Catholicism

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