Famous Deaths In February - 07

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 this day in history.  

1317  On this day in history death of robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)  

1560  On this day in history death of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493)  

1593  On February - 07 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.  

1642  On this day in history death of william Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571)  

1690  Death of William Morice, English royalist statesman on this day in history.  

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1693  Death of Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624) on this day in history.  

1736  On February - 07 death of stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)  

1743  Lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57 on February - 07.  

1749  Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1779  On February - 07 william Boyce, composer, dies at 67  

1799  On February - 07 death of qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711)  

1801  Death of Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726) on February - 07.  

1820  Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 on February - 07.  

1823  On this day in history ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58  

1827  On this day in history franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73  

1830  On February - 07 marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67  

1837  On this day in history death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)  

1839  On February - 07 death of karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)  

1857  Félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1862  Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1865  On February - 07 john Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64  

1871  On February - 07 death of heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797)  

1873  Death of Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) on February - 07.  

1878  On February - 07 pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85  

1881  On this day in history fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73  

1897  On February - 07 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49  

1901  Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64 on February - 07.  

1911  On this day in history harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies  

1915  Wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68 on February - 07.  

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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 February - 07.  

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

1556  Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren was born on February - 07.  

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

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 February - 07.  

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