Historical Events In February - 07

1883  On this day in history eubie Blake, ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You)  

1884  Canadian Rugby Football Union forms on this day in history.  

1885  On February - 07 sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel 1930)  

1889  On February - 07 astronomical Society of Pacific holds first meeting in San Francisco  

1889  On February - 07 astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in SF  

1891  Great Blizzard of 1891 begins on February - 07.  

1891  On this day in history joachim Stutschewsky, composer  

1894  On February - 07 the Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.  

1896  Harold Hoffman, South Amboy NJ, (Gov-NJ) on this day in history.  

1897  On February - 07 quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer  

1897  On this day in history galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49  

1899  On this day in history arvid Pelshe, Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member  

1900  British troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal on February - 07.  

1900  On February - 07 labour Party forms in England  

1901  Queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin on February - 07.  

1901  Bob den Doolaard, [Cornelis Spoelstra], Dutch writer (Grape Pickers) on this day in history.  

1901  Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1902  Ethelda Blebtrey, Waterford NY, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1920) on this day in history.  

1903  VVV '03 Soccer team forms in Venlo on this day in history.  

1904  Fire erupts in Baltimore, Maryland, burning for nearly 30 hours and destroying over 1500 buildings on February - 07.  

1904  On this day in history baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)  

1904  Milton Krims, writer (Speed) on this day in history.  

1905  Dominican Republic signs treaty turning over customs collection to US on this day in history.  

1905  Oklahoma admitted to statehood on February - 07.  

1905  Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US on this day in history.  

1905  On February - 07 olf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist  

1906  Henry P'u-i, last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo on February - 07.  

1907  The Mud March was the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) on February - 07.  

1907  On February - 07 arthur George Bottomley, politician  

1908  On February - 07 connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000  

1909  Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Flem cyclist (champ sprinter 1932-37) [OS] on February - 07.  

1910  Edmond Rostand's "Chantecler," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1910  Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932) on February - 07.  

1911  Harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies on this day in history.  

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1102  On this day in history birth of empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)  

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  Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren was born on February - 07.  

1589  On this day in history birth of jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician  

1612  On this day in history birth of thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)  

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  

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  On February - 07 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 February - 07 jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79  

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

1626  Death of William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) on February - 07.