Events & Holidays In February - 07

Independence Day (Grenada)

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

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 this day in history.   

1478  On this day in history birth of sir Thomas More, English statesman, humanist, and author (d. 1535)   

1556  On this day in history birth of maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren   

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 this day in history.   

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

1688  On this day in history birth of maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange   

0590  Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague on this day in history.   

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

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  Ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies on this day in history.   

1626  Death of William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) on this day in history.