Famous Deaths In November - 07

0644  On this day in history death of umar ibn al-Khattāb, Second caliph of Islam   

0739  Willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81 on November - 07.   

1225  On November - 07 death of engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40   

1550  On this day in history death of jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland prior to the reformation, beheaded in Skalholt with his two sons Are and Bjorn. (b. 1484)   

1560  Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies on November - 07.   

1573  On November - 07 solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies   

1581  Death of Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar on November - 07.   

1599  On November - 07 death of gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546)   

1608  On November - 07 adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen/cavalry commander, dies in battle   

1620  Death of Hetman StanisÅ‚aw Żólkiewski polish commander in the Battle of Å¢uÅ£ora (1620) (b. 1547) on this day in history.   

1633  Cornelis Drebbel, physicist/chemist/inventor (submarine), dies on this day in history.   

1639  William Cobbold, composer, dies at 79 on November - 07.   

1642  Death of Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English politician on November - 07.   

1678  On this day in history erasmus Quellinus II [Quellien], Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 70   

1708  On November - 07 ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist, dies at 76   

1713  Death of Elizabeth Barry, English actress (b. 1658) on this day in history.   

1723  On this day in history godfrey Kneller, English painter (74-77), dies   

1796  On November - 07 catharina II, "the Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67   

1802  On this day in history johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer, dies at 50   

1817  Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history bartolomeo Campagnoli, Ital violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 76   

1837  On November - 07 death of elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34   

1857  On November - 07 charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer, dies at 62   

1859  Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1872  Death of Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (b. 1833) on November - 07.   

1876  On November - 07 albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (Michigan), dies at 65   

1880  Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1881  On November - 07 death of john MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791)   

1893  On this day in history constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, dies at 37   

1901  On this day in history li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli, dies   

1910  Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War & Peace), dies at 82 [OS] on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history death of alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist (b. 1823)   

1919  On November - 07 death of hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56   

1922  On November - 07 death of sam Thompson, baseball player (b. 1860)   

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0630  On this day in history birth of constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)   

1598  Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664) was born on November - 07.   

1619  Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.   

1650  John Robinson, English diplomat (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history birth of walraad the Younger, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nimegen   

1687  William Stukeley, English archaeologist (d. 1765) was born on this day in history.   

1692  Johannes G Schnabel, German author/surgeon (Insel Felsenburg) was born on this day in history.   

1706  On this day in history birth of carlo Cecere, composer