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 this day in history death of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)   

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 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  Death of William Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571) on February - 07.   

1690  Death of William Morice, English royalist statesman on February - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

1743  Lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57 on February - 07.   

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

1779  On this day in history william Boyce, composer, dies at 67   

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 this day in history.   

1823  Ann Radcliffe (Ward), English poet/author of horror novels, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1827  Franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73 on February - 07.   

1830  On February - 07 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  On February - 07 félix PBOG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War, dies at 65   

1862  Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1865  John Henry Winder, US Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1871  Death of Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg, piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons) (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

1873  Death of Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) on February - 07.   

1878  Pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85 on February - 07.   

1881  Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet/literature critic, dies at 73 on February - 07.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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