Famous Deaths In February - 07

0590  On February - 07 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 February - 07.  

1317  Death of Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256) on February - 07.  

1560  On February - 07 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  Death of William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) on February - 07.  

1642  On February - 07 death of william Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571)  

1690  Death of William Morice, English royalist statesman on this day in history.  

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1693  On February - 07 death of paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)  

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

1743  Lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1749  On this day in history andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76  

1779  William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 on February - 07.  

1799  On this day in history death of qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711)  

1801  Death of Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726) on this day in history.  

1820  On February - 07 samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57  

1823  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)  

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

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  On February - 07 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 February - 07.  

1873  On this day in history death of sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814)  

1878  On this day in history pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85  

1881  On February - 07 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  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 this day in history.  

1478  On February - 07 birth of thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)  

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  On February - 07 birth of thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)  

1655  On February - 07 birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)  

1688  On February - 07 birth of maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange