February 12

February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . Following are still 322 days (323 days in a leap year ) until the end of the year.

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Birth
 * 3 Deceased
 * 4 Celebration / memorial
 * 5 Weather Extremes
 * 5.1 Netherlands
 * 5.2 Belgium

Events

 * General
 * 1541 - Santiago in Chile was founded by Pedro de Valdivia .
 * 1912 - China passes to the Gregorian calendar .


 * Art and architecture
 * 1929 - Hall of Leiden burned.


 * Crime and security
 * 1993 - Gruesome murder of James Bulger . Two boys of 10 years old abduct, torture and murder of a toddler three years old.


 * Infrastructure
 * 1920 - The freighter West Aleta, with a cargo of 15,000 barrels of wine, wrecked off the coast of Terschelling, the mountains of the wine takes nine months.


 * Media
 * 1904 - First edition of the Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet .
 * 1931 - Commissioning of Vatican Radio by Pope Pius XI . The transmitter is designed by Guglielmo Marconi .
 * 1962 - The Danish government puts batter on one of the ships transmission of offshore station Radio Mercur .


 * Politics
 * 1832 - Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands .
 * 1912 - There is an end to the Manchu Qing Dynasty with the abdication of the 12-year-old emperor of China, Pu Yi .
 * 1974 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn by the Soviet Union his citizenship taken away and deported.
 * 1985 - Minister Elco Brinkman refuses the PC Hooft Prize reach out to Hugo Brandt Corstius .


 * Religion
 * 1838 - Pope Gregory XVI creates eight new cardinals .
 * 1922 - Coronation of Pope Pius XI in Rome .
 * 1957 - Consecration of Bishop W. M. Bekkers, Dutch bishop-coadjutor of 's-Hertogenbosch .
 * 1994 - Consecration of Bishop Ad van Luyn, bishop of Rotterdam


 * Sport
 * 1905 - The Switzerland national football team will play its first official match in its history. In Paris lost 1-0 to France .
 * 1917 - In Toluca, the Mexican football club Deportivo Toluca FC founded.
 * 1922 - Establishment of the Slovak football Partizán Bardejov called ŠK Bardejov.
 * 1939 - The Peru national football team wins for the first time the Copa América, winning in the final match 2-1 to Uruguay .
 * 1944 - Creation of the Colombian football club Deportivo Pereira .
 * 1967 - Kees Verkerk in Oslo world champion hard skating.
 * 1996 - Thomas Muster solves Andre Agassi off as number one in the world of tennis professionals ; Austrian must relinquish that position already after one week at Agassi's compatriot Pete Sampras .
 * 2006 - Ireen Wüst won gold in the 3000m at the Olympic Games in Turin before compatriot Renate Groenewold and Canadian Cindy Klassen .
 * 2010 - The Olympic Games in Vancouver are opened.
 * 2010 - The Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili comes at a heavy crash on a training from the Olympics for life.
 * 2014 - At the Winter Olympics in Sochi wins Stefan Groothuis the 1,000 meters for the Canadian Denny Morrison . Michel Mulder adds to his gold in the 500 meters bronze medal.


 * Science and Technology
 * 1904 - In Amsterdam is the first exhibition of the Bicycle and Automotive ( RAI opened).
 * 2005 - The new Ariane 5 ECA successfully launched, carrying the Sloshsat-FLEVO satellite.
 * 2009 - The DNA profile of the Neanderthal is mapped.

Born [ edit ]
Francis II of Austria Born Feb. 12. 1768

Charles Darwin Born Feb. 12. 1809

Silvia Saint Born Feb. 12. 1976

Jennifer Stone Born Feb. 12. 1993
 * 1584 - Barlaeus, Dutch poet (deceased in 1648 )
 * 1637 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (deceased in 1680 )
 * 1768 - Emperor Franz II, the last emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the first emperor of Austria (deceased in 1835 )
 * 1777 - Friedrich de la Motte-Fouqué, German writer (deceased in 1843 )
 * 1791 - Jan David Zocher, Dutch architect and urban (deceased in 1870 )
 * 1800 - John Edward Gray, British zoologist (deceased in 1875 )
 * 1809 - Charles Darwin, English biologist (deceased in 1882 )
 * 1809 - Abraham Lincoln, American president (deceased in 1865 )
 * 1828 - George Meredith, English poet and novelist (deceased in 1909 )
 * 1851 - Henry, Duke of Parma, the Duke of Bardi (deceased in 1905 )
 * 1864 - John Henry Carpentier Alting, Dutch professor (deceased in 1929 )
 * 1869 - Kien Phuc, reigning emperor of Vietnam (deceased in 1884 )
 * 1877 - Louis Renault, car manufacturer (deceased in 1944 )
 * 1888 - Anders Ahlgren, Swedish wrestler (deceased in 1976 )
 * 1888 - Hans von Sponeck, German General (deceased in 1944 )
 * 1893 - Omar Bradley, American military leader (deceased in 1981 )
 * 1893 - Marcel Minnaert, Belgian biologist, astrophysicist, didactic, and Flamingant Marxist (deceased in 1970 )
 * 1893 - Steingrímur Steinþórsson, Icelandic politician (deceased in 1966 )
 * 1898 - David Bruce, American diplomat (deceased in 1977 )
 * 1900 - Pink Anderson, American blues musician (deceased in 1974 )
 * 1900 - Vasily Chuikov, Russian military (deceased in 1982 )
 * 1905 - Arvo Närvänen, Finnish footballer (deceased in 1982 )
 * 1906 - Jan Broeksz, Dutch journalist, broadcasting pioneer, politician and radio presenter (deceased in 1980 )
 * 1909 - Bernabé Ferreyra, Argentinian footballer (deceased in 1972 )
 * 1910 - Bernard Slicher Bath, Dutch agricultural historian (deceased in 2004 )
 * 1910- Georgette Rejewsky, Flemish actress and speech therapist (deceased in 2014 )
 * 1911 - Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian skater (deceased in 1994 )
 * 1913 - Tony Bell, Flemish singer and actor (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1914 - Nello Celio, Swiss politician (deceased in 1995 )
 * 1914 - Jacob Bead, Dutch resistance fighter (deceased in 1944 )
 * 1915 - Lamberto Avellana, Filipino film and theater director (deceased 1991)
 * 1915 - Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (deceased in 1987 )
 * 1916 - Fritz Kahlenberg, Dutch photographer and resistance fighter (deceased in 1996 )
 * 1920 - Heleno de Freitas, Brazilian footballer (deceased in 1959 )
 * 1920 - Jack Turner, American race car driver (deceased in 2004 )
 * 1921 - Walter Goddijn, Dutch theologian (deceased in 2007 )
 * 1922 - Hussein Onn, Malaysian politician (deceased in 1990 )
 * 1923 - Nand Buyl, Flemish actor and director (deceased in 2009 )
 * 1931 - Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch writer, businessman and adventurer (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1933 - Vladimír Suchánek, Czech graphic artist
 * 1936 - Fang Lizhi, Chinese physicist and dissident (deceased in 2012 )
 * 1939 - Ray Manzarek, American keyboardist (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1941 - Dominguinhos, Brazilian composer, singer and accordionist (deceased in 2013 )
 * 1942 - Ehud Barak, Israeli General and Prime Minister (1999-2001)
 * 1945 - Luc Dupanloup, Belgian cartoonist (deceased in 2000 )
 * 1945 - David Friedman, American economist
 * 1946 - Ever Meulen, Belgian illustrator
 * 1947 - Jaap Dekker, Dutch composer and pianist
 * 1949 - John Blankenstein, Dutch football referee (deceased in 2006 )
 * 1950 - Angelo Branduardi, Italian musician and composer
 * 1950 - Steve Hackett, British musician (eg Genesis )
 * 1952 - Patrick Gaillard, French racing driver
 * 1952 - Michael McDonald, American singer
 * 1952 - Henry Rono, Kenyan athlete
 * 1953 - Helmut Wechselberger, Austrian cyclist
 * 1954 - Majalli Wahabi, Druze-Israeli politician
 * 1954 - Phil Zimmermann, American computer scientist and cryptographer
 * 1956 - Ad Melkert, Dutch politician and administrator at the IMF
 * 1957 - Lupo Quiñónez, Ecuadorian footballer
 * 1957 - Willie Smits, Dutch forestry, animal rights activist and conservationist
 * 1958 - Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer-songwriter and country singer
 * 1961 - Tonnie Dirks, Dutch athlete
 * 1961 - Lucas Sang, Kenyan athlete (deceased in 2008 )
 * 1962 - René Scheuer, Luxembourg footballer
 * 1966 - Jeroen Fischer, Belgian athlete
 * 1967 - Hermione Norris, English actress
 * 1968 - Josh Brolin, American actor
 * 1968 - Christopher Johnson McCandless, American adventurer (deceased in 1992 )
 * 1968 - Ioan Sabău, Romanian footballer
 * 1968 - Mark van der Werf, Dutch chess
 * 1969 - Darren Aronofsky, American film director and producer
 * 1969 - Steve Backley, British athlete
 * 1969 - Hong Myung-Bo, South Korean footballer
 * 1970 - Bryan Roy, Dutch footballer
 * 1971 - Nathan Kahan, Belgian athlete
 * 1971 - Sanne Wallis de Vries, Dutch cabaret artist
 * 1973 - Gianni Romme, Dutch skater
 * 1973 - Tara Strong, Canadian (voice) Actress
 * 1973 - Sandra Swennen, Belgian athlete
 * 1974 - Geert Circulation, Belgian cyclist
 * 1976 - Niki Leferink, Dutch footballer
 * 1976 - Silvia Saint, Czech porn star
 * 1976 - Grzegorz Sposób, Polish high jumper
 * 1977 - Paul Di Bella, Australian athlete
 * 1978 - Simon van der Geest, Dutch writer, poet and theater instructor
 * 1979 - Michela Ponza, Italian biatlete
 * 1979 - Jesse Spencer, Australian actor
 * 1980 - Juan Carlos Ferrero, Spanish tennis player
 * 1980 - Tine Kristiansen, Norwegian handball star
 * 1980 - Christina Ricci, American actress
 * 1981 - Terefe Yae, Ethiopian athlete
 * 1982 - Alo Bärengrub, Estonian footballer
 * 1982 - Steven Nyman, American alpine skier
 * 1982 - Louis Tsatoumas, Greek athlete
 * 1983 - Gaolesiela Salang, a Botswana athlete
 * 1984 - Alexandra Dahlström, Swedish actress
 * 1984 - Caterine Ibargüen, Colombian athlete
 * 1984 - Andrei Sidorenkov, Estonian footballer
 * 1984 - Peter Utaka, Nigerian footballer
 * 1984 - Peter Vanderkaay, American swimmer
 * 1985 - Josephat Ndambiri, Kenyan athlete
 * 1985 - Przemysław Stańczyk, Polish swimmer
 * 1986 - Johanna Allston, Australian runner orientation
 * 1986 - Frankie Provenzano, Italian racing driver
 * 1987 - Guilherme Guido, Brazilian swimmer
 * 1990 - Michael Tumi, Italian athlete
 * 1991 - Nick McBride, Australian racing driver
 * 1991 - Michael Schimpelsberger, Austrian footballer
 * 1993 - Jennifer Stone, American actress
 * 1995 - Ed Jones, racing driver from the United Arab Emirates

Deceased [ edit ]
Immanuel Kant deceased Feb 12. 1804

Grethe Sønck deceased Feb 12. 2010
 * 1554 - Jane Grey (16), Queen of England
 * 1689 - Marie Louise of Orléans (26) Queen of Spain
 * 1692 - Hendrick Hamel (62), Dutch navigator and VOC accountant
 * 1763 - Pierre de Marivaux (75), French writer
 * 1770 - Christopher Middleton, English naval officer
 * 1798 - Stanislaus II August Poniatowski (66), last king of an independent Poland
 * 1804 - Immanuel Kant (79), German philosopher
 * 1903 - José Palma (27), Filipino poet
 * 1916 - Richard Dedekind (84), German mathematician
 * 1929 - Lillie Langtry (75), British actress
 * 1935 - Auguste Escoffier (88), French chef cook
 * 1938 - Maurits Sabbe (65), Flemish writer
 * 1939 - Potenciano Gregorio (58), Filipino musician and composer
 * 1945 - Walraven van Hall (39), Dutch banker and resistance fighter
 * 1947 - Kurt Lewin (56), German psychologist
 * 1951 - Marinus Petrus Antonius den Ouden, Dutch military commander Dutch United Nations Detachment (Korea)
 * 1952 - Rudolf Strnisko (71), Czech brewer
 * 1959 - George Antheil (58), American composer
 * 1960 - Jean-Michel Atlan (47), Jewish-French painter
 * 1960 - Oskar von Hindenburg (77), German General
 * 1975 - Lies King (57), Dutch athlete
 * 1976 - Sal Mineo (37), American actor
 * 1977 - Herman Dooyeweerd (82), Dutch philosopher
 * 1978 - Cecilia Callebert (93), Flemish pianist and composer
 * 1983 - Jan Klaassen (51), Dutch footballer
 * 1984 - Julio Cortázar (70), Argentine writer
 * 1987 - Dennis Poore (70), British racing driver
 * 1989 - Thomas Bernhard (58), Austrian writer
 * 1991 - KWL Bezemer (91), Dutch maritime historian
 * 1999 - Michel Seuphor (97), Belgian artist
 * 1999 - Jo Zanders (90) Dutch mayor of Venlo during WWII
 * 2005 - Marinus van der Goes van Naters (104) Dutch politician
 * 2005 - Rob point (47), Dutch motorcycle racer
 * 2005 - Maurice Trintignant (87), French race car driver
 * 2007 - Peter Ellenshaw (93), British special effects designer
 * 2007 - Paolo Pileri (62) Italian motorcycle racer
 * 2007 - Dé Stoop (87), Dutch sports director
 * 2008 - Johan Kasantaroeno (62), Surinamese politician
 * 2008 - Badri Patarkatsishvili (52), Georgian businessman and opposition leader
 * 2008 - Jean Prouff (88), French footballer and football coach
 * 2009 - Alvaro Bardon (68), Chilean neo-liberal economist
 * 2009 - Hermann Becht (69), German opera singer
 * 2009 - Hercules Bellville (69), American film producer
 * 2009 - Alison Des Forges (66), American human rights activist
 * 2009 - Georges Labica (78), French Marxist philosopher
 * 2009 - Hugh Leonard (82), Irish playwright
 * 2009 - Mat Mathews (84), Dutch jazzaccordeonist
 * 2009 - Johan Mittertreiner (93), Dutch ballet dancer
 * 2009 - Claude Nollier (89), French actress
 * 2010 - Nodar Kumaritashvili (21), Georgian luger
 * 2010 - Werner Krämer (70), German footballer
 * 2010 - Grethe Sønck (80), Danish actress
 * 2011 - Peter Alexander (84), Austrian singer and actor
 * 2011 - Betty Garrett (91), American actress
 * 2011 - Fedor den Hertog (64), Dutch cyclist
 * 2014 - Sid Caesar (91), American comedian and actor
 * 2014 - Josef Röhrig (88), German footballer
 * 2015 - Movita Castaneda (98), American actress
 * 2015 - Désiré Dondeyne (93), French composer and conductor
 * 2015 - Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek (93), Dutch resistance fighter and a Knight of the Military Order of William
 * 2015 - Tomie Ohtake (101), Japanese-Brazilian sculptor, painter and graphic artist
 * 2015 - Steve Strange (55), British singer

Celebration / commemoration [ edit ]

 * USA - birthday of Abraham Lincoln
 * Chile - Independence Day ( 1818 )
 * 2002 - Chinese New Year
 * Two thousand and nine - 200 years of Darwin
 * Roman Catholic calendar:
 * Saint Benedict of Aniane († 821 ) (Aachen diocese and Strasbourg)
 * St. Alexis of Moscow († 1378 )
 * St. Damian of Alexandria

[Netherlands edit ]
Record counts [1]
 * 1929 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -12.7 ° C
 * 2002 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.4 ° C
 * 1929 - Lowest minimum temperature -18.1 ° C
 * 2002 - Highest maximum temperature 13.3 ° C
 * 1904 - Highest hourly average wind speed 14.9 m / s
 * 1999 and 2008 - Longest sunshine duration 8.9 hours
 * 1963 - Longest rainfall duration 20.9 hours
 * 2005 - Top etmaalsom of rainfall 24.6 mm
 * 1985 - Lowest mean daily relative humidity 62%

Belgium [ edit ]
Record counts [2] Extraordinary events [3]
 * 1929 - Lowest mean daily temperature is -11.5 ° C
 * 2001 - Highest mean daily temperature is 11.9 ° C
 * 1929 - Lowest minimum temperature -15.7 ° C
 * 1998 - Highest maximum temperature 15.1 ° C
 * 1996 - Top etmaalsom precipitation 23.3mm
 * 1938 - Gusts up to 142 km / h in Zeebrugge and the damage to the coast is considerable.
 * 1962 - 82 mm of rainfall in Robertville (Waimes).