434 Historic Events for February 12
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| 1665 |
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Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician (sexuality plant)
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| 1684 |
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Pietro Andrea Ziani, composer, dies at 67
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| 1706 |
Birth |
Josef Christian, German sculptor
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| 1709 |
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Alexander Selkirk, Scottish seaman is rescued after 4+ years from Fernandez Island (inspiration for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe")
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| 1728 |
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Agostino Steffani, Italian/German diplomat/composer, dies at 73
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| 1733 |
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Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah
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| 1736 |
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Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Fran‡ois I)
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| 1738 |
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James Sherard, composer, dies at 71
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| 1740 |
Birth |
Matej Sojka, composer
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| 1751 |
Birth |
Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer
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| 1753 |
Birth |
Lambert-Fran‡ois Godecharle, composer
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| 1758 |
Birth |
Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer
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| 1760 |
Birth |
Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer
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| 1762 |
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Laurent Belissen, composer, dies at 68
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| 1762 |
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English fleet occupies Martinique
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| 1763 |
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John Casteret appointed British minister of foreign affairs
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| 1768 |
Birth |
Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)
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| 1771 |
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Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70), dies at 60
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| 1772 |
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Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India
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| 1775 |
Birth |
Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829)
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| 1778 |
Birth |
Franz Joseph Volkert, composer
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| 1787 |
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Ruggiero Boscovich, Ital physicist/astronomer/philosopher, dies at 75
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| 1791 |
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Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)
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| 1791 |
Birth |
Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)
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| 1792 |
Birth |
Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter
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