Events & Holidays In February - 07

Independence Day (Grenada)

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States of America)

1102  Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169) was born on this day in history.  

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.  

0590  Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague on this day in history.  

0999  Death of Boleslaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.  

1045  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)  

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  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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)