February 12th
- 1788 – Daniel Breck born.
- 1803 – Landaff Andrews born.
- 1809 – Abraham Lincoln born.
- 1818 – James William Moore born.
- 1821 – Samuel L. Casey born.
- 1830 – Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. born.
- 1846 – Judson Claudius Clements born.
- 1877 – James Leeper Johnson died, aged 58.
- 1885 – Thomas Buford died, aged 60.
- 1896 – Isaac Burns Murphy died, aged 34.
- 1903 – Todd Duncan born.
- 1989 – Keith Tandy born.