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 this day in history.  

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

1609  On this day in history ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1749  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1801  On February - 07 death of daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)  

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

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

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 February - 07.  

1839  On February - 07 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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

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

1897  On this day in history 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  On February - 07 wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68  

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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  On this day in history 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  On February - 07 birth of maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren  

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

1612  Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men) was born on February - 07.  

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.