Famous Deaths In February - 07

0590  On February - 07 pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague  

0999  On February - 07 death of boleslaus II of Bohemia  

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 February - 07.  

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

1593  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79 on February - 07.  

1609  Ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies on this day in history.  

1626  On this day in history death of william V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)  

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 February - 07 death of paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)  

1736  On February - 07 death of stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)  

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

1749  Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76 on February - 07.  

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

1799  Death of Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711) on February - 07.  

1801  Death of Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726) on this day in history.  

1820  On February - 07 samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57  

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

1827  On this day in history franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73  

1830  Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67 on February - 07.  

1837  Death of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) on this day in history.  

1839  Death of Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799) on February - 07.  

1857  On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65  

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 February - 07.  

1871  Death of Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797) on this day in history.  

1873  Death of Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) on February - 07.  

1878  On February - 07 pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85  

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  On February - 07 benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64  

1911  On February - 07 harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies  

1915  Wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68 on February - 07.  

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1102  On February - 07 birth of empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)  

1478  Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia) was born on February - 07.  

1478  Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535) was born on February - 07.  

1556  On February - 07 birth of maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren  

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

1612  Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men) was born on this day in history.  

1655  On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)  

1688  On this day in history birth of maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange