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

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 February - 07.  

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  Death of Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666) on February - 07.  

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 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  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 February - 07.  

1827  Franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73 on February - 07.  

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  On this day in history frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61  

1865  On February - 07 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  On this day in history death of sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814)  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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1102  On February - 07 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 February - 07.  

1478  On February - 07 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 this day in history.  

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 February - 07.  

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