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 February - 07.  

1478  Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia) was born on February - 07.  

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 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.  

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

1700  Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen) was born on February - 07.  

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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  On this day in history birth of joseph Pouteau, composer  

1740  On February - 07 birth of adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP  

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 this day in history.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1822  Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer was born on February - 07.  

1823  On February - 07 birth of richard Genee, composer  

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

1825  Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1834  On this day in history birth of dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table)  

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

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

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 February - 07.  

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

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

1045  On February - 07 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  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  Ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies on this day in history.  

1626  On February - 07 death of william V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)