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Famous Deaths In February - 07

Saturday, 18 May 2013

1045 Death of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) on this day in history.

1317 Death of Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256) on this day in history.

1560 Death of Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493) on this day in history.

1593 On this day in history jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79

1609 On this day in history ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies

1626 Death of William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) on this day in history.

1642 On this day in history death of william Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571)

1690 On this day in history death of william Morice, English royalist statesman

1693 On this day in history death of paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)

1736 Death of Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666) on this day in history.

1743 On this day in history lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57

1749 On this day in history andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76

1779 William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.

1799 Death of Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711) on this day in history.

1801 On this day in history death of daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)

1820 Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.

1823 On this day in history ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58

1827 Franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

1830 On this day in history marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67

1837 On this day in history death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)

1839 On this day in history death of karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)

1857 Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 on this day in history.

1862 On this day in history frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61

1865 John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64 on this day in history.

1871 On this day in history death of heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797)

1873 Death of Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) on this day in history.

1878 Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 on this day in history.

1881 On this day in history fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73

1897 On this day in history galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49

1901 Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.

1911 On this day in history harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies

1915 On this day in history wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68

1918 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.

1919 On this day in history death of william Halford, American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1102 On this day in history birth of empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)

1478 On this day in history birth of thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)

1478 On this day in history birth of sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)

1556 Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren was born on this day in history.

1589 On this day in history birth of jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician

1612 On this day in history birth of thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)

1655 Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria) was born on this day in history.

1688 Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange was born on this day in history.