Famous Deaths In February - 07

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

0999  On February - 07 death of boleslaus II of Bohemia  

1045  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)  

1317  On February - 07 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  On this day in history jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79  

1609  On February - 07 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 February - 07.  

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 this day in history death of stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)  

1743  On February - 07 lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57  

1749  Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

1799  Death of Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711) on February - 07.  

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

1820  On February - 07 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  On this day in history marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67  

1837  Death of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) on this day in history.  

1839  Death of Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 February - 07.  

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 February - 07 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49  

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  Wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68 on February - 07.  

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

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

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

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.