| February 12th 1758 | | Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer
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| February 12th 1760 | | Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer
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| February 12th 1768 | | Francis II, Florence Italy, last Holy Roman emperor (1792-1806)
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| February 12th 1775 | | Louise Catherine Johnson Adams, 1st lady (1825-1829)
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| February 12th 1778 | | Franz Joseph Volkert, composer
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| February 12th 1791 | | Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam)
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| February 12th 1791 | | Peter Cooper, industrialist/philanthropist (Cooper Union)
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| February 12th 1792 | | Ferdinand de Braekeleer, Belgian painter
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| February 12th 1809 | | Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, (R) 16th pres (1861-65)
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| February 12th 1809 | | Charles Darwin, England, discovered evolution (Origin of species)
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| February 12th 1818 | | Otto Ludwig, German writer (Die Heiterethei)
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| February 12th 1824 | | Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati, Indian hindu leader
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| February 12th 1828 | | Robert Ransom Jr, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
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| February 12th 1828 | | George Meredith, England, poet/novelist (Shaving of Shagpat)
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| February 12th 1831 | | John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track
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