Famous Deaths In February - 07

0590  On February - 07 pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague  

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

1045  On February - 07 death of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)  

1317  On this day in history death of robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)  

1560  Death of Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493) on February - 07.  

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 this day in history.  

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1693  Death of Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624) on this day in history.  

1736  Death of Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666) on this day in history.  

1743  Lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57 on February - 07.  

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

1779  On this day in history william Boyce, composer, dies at 67  

1799  Death of Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711) on this day in history.  

1801  On this day in history death of daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)  

1820  On this day in history samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57  

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

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

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

1865  On this day in history john Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64  

1871  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1897  Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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  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  Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535) was born on this day in history.  

1556  Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren was born on this day in history.  

1589  On this day in history birth of jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician  

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

1655  On this day in history 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 this day in history.