Famous Deaths In February - 07

0590  On this day in history pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague   

0999  On this day in history death of boleslaus II of Bohemia   

1045  On February - 07 death of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)   

1317  On this day in history 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 this day in history ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies   

1626  On February - 07 death of william V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)   

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

1690  On this day in history death of william Morice, English royalist statesman   

1693  On this day in history death of paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)   

1736  Death of Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666) on February - 07.   

1743  On February - 07 lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57   

1749  On February - 07 andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76   

1779  William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1801  On this day in history death of daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726)   

1820  Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 on February - 07.   

1823  Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58 on February - 07.   

1827  On February - 07 franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73   

1830  On this day in history marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67   

1837  On February - 07 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 this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history john Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64   

1871  On February - 07 death of heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797)   

1873  Death of Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) on this day in history.   

1878  On February - 07 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  Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 on February - 07.   

1901  On this day in history benjamin Edward Woolf, composer, dies at 64   

1911  Harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies on February - 07.   

1915  On this day in history wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68   

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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  Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia) was born on February - 07.   

1478  On February - 07 birth of sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)   

1556  Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren was born on February - 07.   

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  Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria) was born on February - 07.   

1688  Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange was born on February - 07.