Famous Deaths In February - 07

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1642  Death of William Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571) on this day in history.  

1690  Death of William Morice, English royalist statesman on February - 07.  

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1693  On this day in history death of paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)  

1736  On this day in history death of stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)  

1743  On this day in history lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57  

1749  On February - 07 andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76  

1779  William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 on February - 07.  

1799  Death of Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711) on February - 07.  

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

1820  Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1823  On February - 07 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  Death of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) on this day in history.  

1839  On this day in history death of karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799)  

1857  On February - 07 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65  

1862  On February - 07 frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61  

1865  John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1871  Death of Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797) on this day in history.  

1873  On February - 07 death of sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814)  

1878  Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64  

1911  On February - 07 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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

1688  Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange was born on February - 07.