Page 4: Historical Events In February - 07

1883  On February - 07 eubie Blake, ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You)   

1884  Canadian Rugby Football Union forms on February - 07.   

1885  Sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel 1930) on February - 07.   

1889  Astronomical Society of Pacific holds first meeting in San Francisco on this day in history.   

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 February - 07.   

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  Arvid Pelshe, Latvian Communist leader, CPSU Politburo member on February - 07.   

1900  On February - 07 british troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal   

1900  On this day in history 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 February - 07.   

1901  Benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64 on February - 07.   

1902  On this day in history ethelda Blebtrey, Waterford NY, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1920)   

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

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

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

1904  Milton Krims, writer (Speed) on February - 07.   

1905  Dominican Republic signs treaty turning over customs collection to US on February - 07.   

1905  Oklahoma admitted to statehood on February - 07.   

1905  On February - 07 dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US   

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

1906  On this day in history henry P'u-i, last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo   

1907  The Mud March was the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) on this day in history.   

1907  Arthur George Bottomley, politician on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history 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  On this day in history edmond Rostand's "Chantecler," premieres in Paris   

1910  On February - 07 buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932)   

1911  On February - 07 harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies   

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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  On this day in history birth of sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)   

1556  On this day in history birth of maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren   

1589  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague   

0999  On February - 07 death of boleslaus II of Bohemia   

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 this day in history.   

1560  On February - 07 death of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493)   

1593  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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.