February 12

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[edit] Events

• 55 - Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
• 1771 - Gustav III becomes the King of Sweden when his father Adolf Frederick "[eats] himself to death".
• 1909 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.

[edit] Births

• 1074 - Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (d. 1101)
• 1809 - Charles Darwin, English naturalist (d. 1882)
• 1809 - Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (d. 1865)
• 1885 - Julius Streicher, National Socialist and publisher Der Stürmer (d. 1946)
• 1893 - Omar Bradley, American general (d. 1981)
• 1909 - Sigmund Rascher, German doctor (d. 1945)

[edit] Deaths

• 1554 - Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the English throne (b. 1537)
• 1804 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b. 1724)