On this day: 12 February
Events, births and deaths on 12 February. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
Nothing recorded for that year.
10 years ago2016
- Deaths · Dominique D'Onofrio
100 years ago1926
- Deaths · Yi Wanyong
- Births · Charles Van Doren
- Births · Joe Garagiola Sr.
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 1074 · Births · Conrad II of Italy
- 941 · Deaths · Wulfhelm
Events · 14
- 16911691 papal conclave — Following the death of Pope Alexander VIII
- 1817Battle of Chacabuco — 1817 battle of the Spanish American wars of independence
- 1855Michigan State University — public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, United States
- 1909NAACP — civil rights organization in the United States
- 1963Northwest Airlines Flight 705 — aviation accident
- 1968Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat massacre — 1968 killing of Vietnamese villagers reportedly by South Korean marines
- 19881988 Black Sea bumping incident — Incident where USS Yorktown bumped into Soviet frigate Bezzavetney in the Black Sea
- 1992flag of Mongolia — national flag of Mongolia
- 1993murder of James Bulger — murder of James Bulger on 12 February 1993 in England
- 2002Iran Air Tours Flight 956 — aviation accident
- 2002trial of Slobodan Milošević — war crimes trial
- 20032003 La Paz riots — period of civil unrest in Bolivia
- 2009Colgan Air Flight 3407 — 2009 aviation accident in the U.S.
- 20262026 Bangladeshi general election — 13th National Election of Bangladesh
Births · 60
- 41(Julian date)Britannicus — son of Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Valeria Messalina
- 1637Jan Swammerdam — Dutch entomologist and beekeeper (1637-1680)
- 1663Cotton Mather — American religious minister and scientific writer (1663–1728)
- 1704Charles Pinot Duclos — French writer (1704-1772)
- 1768Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor — also known as Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)
- 1775Louisa Adams — First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829
- 1777Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué — German writer (1777-1843)
- 1785Pierre Louis Dulong — French scientist (1785-1838)
- 1804(Julian date)Emil Lenz — Baltic German physicist (1804-1865)
- 1809Abraham Lincoln — president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
- 1809Charles Darwin — English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
- 1824Dayananda Saraswati — Indian social reformer (1824-1883)
- 1828George Meredith — British novelist and poet (1828–1909)
- 1861Lou Andreas-Salomem — German-Russian essayist, philosopher, and psychoanalyst (1861–1937)
- 1876Thubten Gyatso — 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1876-1933)
- 1877Louis Renault — French industrialist
- 1882Anna Pavlova — Russian ballet dancer (1881–1931)
- 1884Max Beckmann — German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor and writer (1884–1950)
- 1884Johan Laidoner — Estonian general and politician (1884-1953)
- 1885Julius Streicher — German publisher, Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1885-1946)
- 1893Omar Bradley — United States Army general (1893–1981)
- 1910Lee Byung-chul — South Korean business man; founder of the Samsung Group (1910–1987)
- 1918Julian Seymour Schwinger — American theoretical physicist (1918–1994)
- 1923Franco Zeffirelli — Italian director and politician (1923-2019)
- 1930Arlen Specter — American politician (1930–2012)
Deaths · 60
- 821(Julian date)Benedict of Aniane — Benedictine monk and reformer
- 1247(Julian date)Countess Ermesinde II, Countess of Luxembourg — Countess suo jure of Luxembourg (1186–1247)
- 1479Leonor I of Navarre — Queen regnant of Navarre
- 1517Catherine of Navarre — Queen Regnant of Navarre
- 1538Albrecht Altdorfer — German painter (1480–1538)
- 1554(Julian date)Lady Jane Grey — Queen of England and Ireland in July 1553
- 1554Lord Guildford Dudley — English royal consort
- 1590François Hotman — French jurisconsult
- 1612Jodocus Hondius I — Flemish-Dutch engraver and cartographer (1563–1612)
- 1712Marie Adélaïde of Savoy — Dauphine of France
- 1713Jahandar Shah — the eighth Mughal Emperor from 1712 to 1713
- 1728Agostino Steffani — Italian ecclesiastic, diplomat and composer (1654-1728)
- 1771Adolf Fredrik of Sweden — King of Sweden (1710–1771)
- 1789Ethan Allen — American farmer, military officer and politician (1738–1789)
- 1804Immanuel Kant — German philosopher (1724-1804)
- 1834Friedrich Schleiermacher — German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)
- 1886Randolph Caldecott — British artist and illustrator (1846-1886)
- 1894Hans von Bülow — German conductor and pianist (1830–1894)
- 1896Ambroise Thomas — French composer
- 1912Gerhard Armauer Hansen — Norwegian physician
- 1915Émile Waldteufel — French composer (1837-1915)
- 1916Richard Dedekind — German mathematician (1831–1916)
- 1929Lillie Langtry — British actress (1853-1929)
- 1931Samad bey Mehmandarov — Azerbaijani general (1856–1931)
- 1935Auguste Escoffier — French chef and culinary writer (1846–1935)
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