Famous Deaths In February - 07

0590  Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague on February - 07.   

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

1045  Death of Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) on February - 07.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1642  Death of William Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571) on this day in history.   

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

1693  On February - 07 death of paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)   

1736  On this day in history death of stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)   

1743  On this day in history lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57   

1749  Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1799  Death of Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711) on this day in history.   

1801  Death of Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726) on this day in history.   

1820  On February - 07 samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57   

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

1827  Franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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 February - 07.   

1857  On this day in history félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65   

1862  On this day in history frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61   

1865  On February - 07 john Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64   

1871  On this day in history 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  Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1897  Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

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

1915  On February - 07 wladyslaw Gorski, composer, dies at 68   

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1102  On February - 07 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 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 February - 07.   

1589  Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician was born on February - 07.   

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.