Famous Deaths In February - 07

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

0999  Death of Boleslaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.  

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 February - 07 death of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493)  

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  Death of William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) on February - 07.  

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

1690  On this day in history death of william Morice, English royalist statesman  

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

1749  On this day in history andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76  

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

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 February - 07 ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58  

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

1830  On this day in history marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67  

1837  On February - 07 death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)  

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

1865  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1915  Wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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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 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 February - 07.  

1589  Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician was born on February - 07.  

1612  Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.