Page 2: Historical Events In February - 07

1753  Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa) on February - 07.   

1758  On February - 07 benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer   

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

1792  On this day in history austria & Prussia sign anti-French covenant   

1795  On February - 07 11th Amendment to US Constitution ratified, affirms power of states   

1795  On this day in history dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies   

1801  On February - 07 john Rylands, England, merchant/philanthropist   

1804  John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements on February - 07.   

1807  The Battle of Eylau February 7 to 8 pits Prussian and Russian forces against the French in a bloody slaughter that ends indecisively on February - 07.   

1809  Frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish Romantic poet (Danserinden) on February - 07.   

1812  On this day in history 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid MO   

1812  Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords on February - 07.   

1812  The birth of Charles Dickens, British writer on this day in history.   

1812  On February - 07 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri   

1812  On this day in history charles Dickens, England, novelist (Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities)   

1817  On February - 07 leroy Pope Walker, US lawyer/Confederate minister of War (1861)   

1818  On February - 07 1st successful US educational magazine "Academician," begins (NYC)   

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

1822  On this day in history joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer   

1823  Richard Genee, composer on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58   

1824  William Higgins, discoverer (nature of spiral nebulae) on February - 07.   

1825  On February - 07 crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer   

1827  Ballet (Deserter) introduced to US at Bowery Theater (NYC) on February - 07.   

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 February - 07.   

1831  On February - 07 belgium adopts it's Constitution   

1833  Ricardo Palma, Peru, writer/poet (Tradiciones Peruanas) on this day in history.   

1834  Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table) on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens   

1837  James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary on this day in history.   

1839  Henry Clay declares in Senate "I had rather be right than president" on February - 07.   

1839  Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier (1897-1901) on February - 07.   

1842  Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien 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 this day in history birth of thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)   

1478  Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535) was born on February - 07.   

1556  On February - 07 birth of maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren   

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 February - 07.   

1655  On this day in history 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   

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

0999  Death of Boleslaus II of Bohemia on February - 07.   

1045  On February - 07 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 February - 07.   

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  On this day in history ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies   

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