Page 4: Historical Events In February - 07

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

1884  On this day in history canadian Rugby Football Union forms   

1885  Sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic (Main Street, Nobel 1930) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history astronomical Society of Pacific holds first meeting in San Francisco   

1889  Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in SF on this day in history.   

1891  On February - 07 great Blizzard of 1891 begins   

1891  On this day in history joachim Stutschewsky, composer   

1894  On this day in history the Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.   

1896  On this day in history harold Hoffman, South Amboy NJ, (Gov-NJ)   

1897  Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer on this day in history.   

1897  On February - 07 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49   

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

1900  On this day in history british troops vacate Vaal Krantz, Natal   

1900  Labour Party forms in England on this day in history.   

1901  On February - 07 queen Wilhelmina marries Prince Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin   

1901  On February - 07 bob den Doolaard, [Cornelis Spoelstra], Dutch writer (Grape Pickers)   

1901  On February - 07 benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64   

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 February - 07 baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks)   

1904  On February - 07 milton Krims, writer (Speed)   

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

1905  Oklahoma admitted to statehood on February - 07.   

1905  On this day in history dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US   

1905  Olf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist on this day in history.   

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

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

1907  Arthur George Bottomley, politician on February - 07.   

1908  Connie Mack sells hurler Rube Waddell to St Louis Browns for $5,000 on this day in history.   

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

1910  Edmond Rostand's "Chantecler," premieres in Paris on February - 07.   

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 February - 07.   

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

0590  Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague on this day in history.   

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

1045  Death of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) on this day in history.   

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  On February - 07 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.