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 this day in history death of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)  

1317  Death of Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1609  On February - 07 ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies  

1626  Death of William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)  

1736  On February - 07 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  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 February - 07.  

1823  On February - 07 ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58  

1827  On this day in history franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73  

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

1865  John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 February - 07.  

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  On February - 07 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  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 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  On February - 07 birth of maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren  

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 February - 07.  

1655  On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)  

1688  On this day in history birth of maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange