Famous Birthdays In February - 07

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 February - 07 birth of thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)  

1478  Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535) was born on this day in history.  

1556  On this day in history birth of maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren  

1589  Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician was born on this day in history.  

1612  Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men) was born on February - 07.  

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

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

1693  Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40) [NS] was born on this day in history.  

1700  On February - 07 birth of philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen)  

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1707  On this day in history birth of carl August Thielo, composer  

1710  William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music was born on February - 07.  

1739  Joseph Pouteau, composer was born on February - 07.  

1740  Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP was born on this day in history.  

1753  Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa) was born on February - 07.  

1758  On this day in history birth of benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer  

1801  John Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist was born on February - 07.  

1804  On February - 07 birth of john Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements  

1809  On this day in history birth of frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish Romantic poet (Danserinden)  

1812  On February - 07 birth of charles Dickens, England, novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities)  

1817  Leroy Pope Walker, US lawyer/Confederate minister of War (1861) was born on February - 07.  

1822  On this day in history birth of joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer  

1823  On this day in history birth of richard Genee, composer  

1824  William Higgins, discoverer (nature of spiral nebulae) was born on February - 07.  

1825  On this day in history birth of crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer  

1833  On this day in history birth of ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas)  

1834  Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table) was born on this day in history.  

1837  James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary was born on February - 07.  

1839  On this day in history birth of nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901)  

1842  On this day in history birth of alexandre Ribit, premier (France)  

1842  Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923) was born on this day in history.  

1847  On this day in history birth of ernst Franck, German composer/conductor  

1862  On February - 07 birth of bernard Maybeck, US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, SF)  

1863  Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer was born on February - 07.  

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0590  On this day in history pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague  

0999  On February - 07 death of boleslaus II of Bohemia  

1045  On February - 07 death of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)  

1317  On February - 07 death of robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)  

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