Events & Holidays In February - 07

Independence Day (Grenada)

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States of America)

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  Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia) was born on this day in history.   

1478  Sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535) was born on this day in history.   

1556  Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren was born on this day in history.   

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

1612  Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)   

1688  Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange was born on this day in history.   

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

0999  Death of Boleslaus II of Bohemia on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1560  Death of Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493) on this day in history.   

1593  On this day in history jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79   

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.