Famous Birthdays In February - 07

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

1693  On this day in history birth of anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40) [NS]  

1700  On this day in history 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  On February - 07 birth of william Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music  

1739  Joseph Pouteau, composer was born on this day in history.  

1740  On this day in history birth of adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP  

1753  On February - 07 birth of rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa)  

1758  On February - 07 birth of benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer  

1801  On February - 07 birth of john Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist  

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

1809  On February - 07 birth of frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish Romantic poet (Danserinden)  

1812  On this day in history 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  Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer was born on February - 07.  

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

1824  William Higgins, discoverer (nature of spiral nebulae) was born on this day in history.  

1825  On February - 07 birth of crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer  

1833  Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas) was born on this day in history.  

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  Alexandre Ribit, premier (France) was born on this day in history.  

1842  Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923) was born on February - 07.  

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

1862  On this day in history birth of bernard Maybeck, US architect (Palace of Fine Arts, SF)  

1863  Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

0999  On February - 07 death of boleslaus II of Bohemia  

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 February - 07.  

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  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)