Famous Birthdays In February - 07

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 this day in history.  

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 February - 07.  

1589  Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician was born on February - 07.  

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

1655  Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria) was born on February - 07.  

1688  On February - 07 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  Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen) was born on February - 07.  

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1707  On February - 07 birth of carl August Thielo, composer  

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

1739  On this day in history birth of joseph Pouteau, composer  

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

1753  On this day in history birth of rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa)  

1758  Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer was born on February - 07.  

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

1804  John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements was born on this day in history.  

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

1812  Charles Dickens, England, novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities) was born on February - 07.  

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

1822  On February - 07 birth of joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer  

1823  On February - 07 birth of richard Genee, composer  

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

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

1833  Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas) was born on February - 07.  

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  Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901) was born on this day in history.  

1842  Alexandre Ribit, premier (France) was born on this day in history.  

1842  On February - 07 birth of alexandre Ribot, French statesman (d. 1923)  

1847  Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor was born on this day in history.  

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

1863  On February - 07 birth of mieczyslaw Soltys, composer  

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

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  On this day in history ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies  

1626  Death of William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) on this day in history.