Famous Deaths In February - 07

0590  Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague on February - 07.  

0999  Death of Boleslaus II of Bohemia on February - 07.  

1045  Death of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) on February - 07.  

1317  On this day in history death of robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)  

1560  On February - 07 death of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493)  

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

1642  Death of William Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571) on February - 07.  

1690  Death of William Morice, English royalist statesman on this day in history.  

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1693  Death of Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624) on February - 07.  

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

1779  On this day in history william Boyce, composer, dies at 67  

1799  On this day in history death of qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711)  

1801  Death of Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726) on February - 07.  

1820  On this day in history samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57  

1823  Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58 on February - 07.  

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

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

1837  Death of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) on February - 07.  

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 February - 07.  

1862  Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 on February - 07.  

1865  On February - 07 john Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64  

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  On this day in history pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85  

1881  On February - 07 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  Harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies on this day in history.  

1915  On February - 07 wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68  

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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  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  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 February - 07 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 February - 07.