Famous Deaths In February - 07

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

0999  On this day in history death of boleslaus II of Bohemia   

1045  Death of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) on this day in history.   

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  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79 on February - 07.   

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)   

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

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

1693  Death of Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624) on February - 07.   

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

1743  On February - 07 lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57   

1749  Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76 on February - 07.   

1779  William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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  On February - 07 samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57   

1823  Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58 on February - 07.   

1827  Franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1830  Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1881  Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1901  Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1612  On February - 07 birth of thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)   

1655  On February - 07 birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)   

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