This day in History - February 7

406 Historic Events for February 7
590 Death Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague
1301 Event Edward of Caernarion (later Edward II) becomes 1st prince of Wales
1478 Birth Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint (Utopia)
1522 Event Treaty of Brussels: Habsburgers split into Spanish/Austrian Branches
1550 Event Giovanni Maria del Monte elected Pope Julius III
1556 Birth Maria van Nassau, Dutch countess of Buren
1569 Event King Philip II forms inquistion in South America
1589 Birth Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician
1593 Death Jacques Amyot, French humanist/abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79
1609 Death Ferdinand I, cardinal/ruler of Toscane, dies
1612 Birth Thomas Killigrew, English humorist/playwright/leader (King's Men)
1613 Event Michail Romanov (16) becomes czar of Russia
1639 Event Acad‚mie Fran‡aise begins Dictionary of French Language
1653 Event Nicolas Fouquet appointed superintendant of Finance of France
1655 Birth Jean-Fran‡ois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)
1668 Event Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of "Ballet of Peace"
1688 Birth Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange
1693 Birth Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40) [NS]
1700 Birth Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen)
1707 Birth Carl August Thielo, composer
1710 Birth William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music
1739 Birth Joseph Pouteau, composer
1740 Birth Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP
1743 Death Lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57
1749 Death Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76