Famous Deaths In February - 07

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 February - 07.  

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  On February - 07 death of william Morice, English royalist statesman  

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

1736  Death of Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666) on February - 07.  

1743  Lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1827  Franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73 on February - 07.  

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  On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65  

1862  Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 on February - 07.  

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

1871  Death of Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797) on February - 07.  

1873  Death of Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) on this day in history.  

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

1881  Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 on February - 07.  

1897  Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 on February - 07.  

1901  On this day in history benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64  

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

1915  On this day in history wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68  

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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 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 this day in history.  

1589  On February - 07 birth of jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician  

1612  On this day in history 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  On February - 07 birth of maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange