February 7

Events

Pre-1600

• 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
• 1301 – Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1313 – King Thihathu founds the Pinya Kingdom as the de jure successor state of the Pagan Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1365 – Albert III of Mecklenburg (King Albert of Sweden) grants city rights to Ulvila (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1497 – In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books, in a "Bonfire of the vanities".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1756 – Guaraní War: The leader of the Guaraní rebels, Sepé Tiaraju, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1783 – American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1795 – The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
• 1807 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.
• 1812 – The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1813 – In the action of 7 February 1813 near the Îles de Los, the frigates Aréthuse and Amelia batter each other, but neither can gain the upper hand.
• 1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
• 1842 – Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien.
• 1854 – A law is approved to found the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Lectures started October 16, 1855.
• 1863 – Template:HMS sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
• 1894 – The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1898 – Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse...!<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1900 – Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
• 1900 – A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

1901–present

• 1904 – The Great Baltimore Fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• 1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1943 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
• 1944 – World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
• 1951 – Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are massacred by South Korean forces.
• 1962 – The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
• 1964 – The Beatles land in the United States for the first time, at the newly renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1966 – The Great Fire of Iloilo breaks out in a lumber yard in Iznart Street and burns for almost half a day destroying nearly three-quarters of the City Proper area and Php 50 million pesos in total properties' damage.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1979 – Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
• 1981 – A plane crash at Pushkin Airport kills 50 people, including 16 members of the Pacific Fleet.<ref name="CF">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
• 1990 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
• 1991 – Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
• 1991 – The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.
• 1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1995 – Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• 1999 – Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2009 – Bushfires in Victoria leave 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.
• 2012 – President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of the Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
• 2013 – The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.
• 2014 – Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, date back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 2016 – North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world.
• 2021 – The 2021 Uttarakhand flood begins.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – Pakistan election offices are hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before general elections.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 574 – Prince Shōtoku of Japan (d. 622)
• 1102 – Empress Matilda, Holy Roman Empress and claimant to the English throne (probable;<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> d. 1167)
• 1449 – Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, German countess (d. 1477)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1478 – Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1535)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1487 – Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort (d. 1557)
• 1500 – João de Castro, viceroy of Portuguese India (d. 1548)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1612 – Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (d. 1683)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1622 – Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble (d. 1694)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1693 – Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1722 – Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet (d. 1781)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref>Template:EI3</ref>
• 1726 – Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (d. 1766)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1741 – Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic (d. 1825)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1758 – Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer (d. 1826)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1796 – Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date;<ref>Template:Dictionary of Australian Biography</ref> d. 1874)
• 1802 – Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic (d. 1892)<ref name="May1854">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1804 – John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company (d. 1886)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1812 – Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (d. 1870)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1825 – Karl Möbius, German zoologist and ecologist (d. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1834 – Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, French architect (d. 1895)
• 1837 – James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1864 – Arthur Collins, American baritone singer (d. 1933)
• 1867 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1870 – Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist (d. 1937)
• 1871 – Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1927)
• 1873 – Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the RMS Titanic (d. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1875 – Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (d. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1877 – G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist (d. 1947)
• 1878 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (d. 1936)
• 1885 – Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
• 1885 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
• 1887 – Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (d. 1983)
• 1889 – Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist (d. 1976)
• 1893 – Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1988)
• 1893 – Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher (d. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1895 – Anita Stewart, American actress (d. 1961)

1901–present

• 1901 – Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (d. 1989)
• 1904 – Ernest E. Debs, American politician (d. 2002)
• 1905 – Paul Nizan, French philosopher and author (d. 1940)
• 1905 – Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1906 – Oleg Antonov, Soviet engineer, founded the Antonov Design Bureau (d. 1984)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1906 – Puyi, Chinese emperor (d. 1967)<ref name=shimamoto>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1908 – Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1908 – Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian journalist and author (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (d. 1999)
• 1909 – Amedeo Guillet, Italian soldier (d. 2010)
• 1912 – Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (d. 1981)
• 1912 – Roberta McCain, American socialite and oil heiress (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1915 – Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1916 – Frank Hyde, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Desmond Doss, American army corporal and combat medic, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2006)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1919 – Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1920 – Oscar Brand, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and author (d. 2016)
• 1920 – An Wang, Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded Wang Laboratories (d. 1990)
• 1921 – Athol Rowan, South African cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1922 – Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
• 1923 – Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2009)
• 1927 – Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1927 – Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach (d. 1975)
• 1927 – Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor (d. 1973)<ref>Frank Javier Garcia Berumen. Brown Celluloid: Latino/A Film Icons and Images in the Hollywood. Volume 1, 2003. Page 355.</ref>
• 1928 – Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>
• 1929 – Jim Langley, English international footballer and manager (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1932 – Gay Talese, American journalist and memoirist<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1932 – Alfred Worden, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2020)
• 1933 – K. N. Choksy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, Sri Lankan Minister of Finance (d. 2015)
• 1934 – Eddie Fenech Adami, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Malta
• 1934 – King Curtis, American saxophonist and producer (d. 1971)
• 1934 – Earl King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2003)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1935 – Cliff Jones, Welsh international footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1935 – Herb Kohl, American businessman and politician (d. 2023)
• 1935 – Jörg Schneider, Swiss actor and author (d. 2015)
• 1936 – Jas Gawronski, Italian journalist and politician
• 1937 – Peter Jay, English economist, journalist, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (d. 2024)
• 1937 – Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2021)
• 1940 – Tony Tan, Singaporean academic and politician, 7th President of Singapore<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1942 – Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1943 – Eric Foner, American historian, author, and academic<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1945 – Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player and journalist
• 1946 – Héctor Babenco, Argentinian-Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1946 – Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist (d. 2009)
• 1946 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011)<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1949 – Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian police officer and politician
• 1949 – Alan Lancaster, English-Australian bass player singer and songwriter Status Quo (d. 2022)
• 1950 – Karen Joy Fowler, American author
• 1953 – Robert Brazile, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Dieter Bohlen, German singer-songwriter and producer
• 1955 – Rolf Benirschke, American football player and game show host
• 1955 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor and director (d. 2017)<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1956 – John Nielsen, Danish racing driver
• 1956 – Mark St. John, American guitarist (d. 2007)
• 1957 – Dámaso García, Dominican baseball player and footballer (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer and manager
• 1958 – Terry Marsh, English boxer and politician
• 1958 – Matt Ridley, English journalist, author, and politician<ref>Template:Who's Who</ref>
• 1959 – Mick McCarthy, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
• 1960 – Robert Smigel, American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1960 – James Spader, American actor and producer<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – Garth Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• 1962 – David Bryan, American keyboard player and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1962 – Eddie Izzard, English comedian, actor, and producer<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1963 – Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, American Naval officer and astronaut
• 1964 – Ashok Banker, Indian journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Chris Rock, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
• 1966 – Kristin Otto, German swimmer
• 1968 – Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-Slovak ice hockey player and manager
• 1968 – Christian Drobits, Austrian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Sully Erna, American singer-songwriter and musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster
• 1969 – Franz Jantscher, Austrian politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Andrew Micallef, Maltese painter and musician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1971 – Anita Tsoy, Russian singer-songwriter
• 1972 – Essence Atkins, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
• 1972 – Robyn Lively, American actress<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1973 – Juwan Howard, American basketball player and coach
• 1974 – J Dilla, American rapper and producer (d. 2006)
• 1974 – Steve Nash, South African-Canadian basketball player
• 1974 – Nujabes, Japanese record producer, DJ, composer and arranger (d. 2010)
• 1975 – Wes Borland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
• 1975 – Miriam Corowa, Australian journalist, television presenter and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Rémi Gaillard, French comedian and actor
• 1976 – Chito Miranda, Filipino singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japanese footballer
• 1978 – David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1978 – Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1978 – Ashton Kutcher, American model, actor, producer, and entrepreneur<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1978 – Milt Palacio, American-Belizean basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
• 1979 – Daniel Bierofka, German footballer and coach
• 1979 – Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Sam J. Miller, American author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Dalibor Bagarić, Croatian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Neto, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Lee Ok-sung, South Korean boxer
• 1982 – Mohammed Bijeh, Iranian serial killer (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1982 – Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor
• 1982 – Mickaël Piétrus, French basketball player
• 1983 – Scott Feldman, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Sho Kamogawa, Japanese footballer
• 1983 – Federico Marchetti, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Trey Hardee, American decathlete
• 1984 – Jeremy Meeks American model and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Josh Hennessy, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Bernard James, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Tina Majorino, American actress<ref name="AP"/>
• 1985 – Deborah Ann Woll, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Joel Freeland, English basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Ai Kago, Japanese singer and actress
• 1988 – Matthew Stafford, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Nick Calathes, American-Greek basketball player
• 1989 – Isaiah Thomas, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Elia Viviani, Italian cyclist
• 1990 – Morris Claiborne, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Jacksepticeye, Irish YouTuber<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Gianluca Lapadula, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Dalilah Muhammad, American hurdler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1991 – Gabbie Hanna, American Internet personality and singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Ryan O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Richard Pánik, Slovak ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Sergi Roberto, Spanish footballer
• 1992 – Ksenia Stolbova, Russian figure skater<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer and actress
• 1993 – Javon Hargrave, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Chris Mears, English diver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Riley Barber, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Nathan Walker, Welsh-Australian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and musician<ref name="UPI"/>
• 1995 – Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Pierre Gasly, French racing driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer
• 1997 – Anhelina Kalinina, Ukrainian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Omar Marmoush, Egyptian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – R. J. Hampton, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Shedeur Sanders, American football player<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2003 – Alessandro Fontanarosa, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 199 – Lü Bu, Chinese warlord<ref>([侯]成忿懼，十二月，癸酉，成與諸將宋憲、魏續等共執陳宮、高順，率其衆降。[呂]布與麾下登白門樓。兵圍之急，布令左右取其首詣[曹]操，左右不忍，乃下降。 ... 宮請就刑，遂出，不顧，操為之泣涕，幷布、順皆縊殺之，傳首許市。操召陳宮之母，養之終其身，嫁宮女，撫視其家，皆厚於初。) Zizhi Tongjian vol. 62. (Chinese)</ref>
• 318 – Jin Mindi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 300)
• 999 – Boleslaus II the Pious, Duke of Bohemia (b. 932)
• 1045 – Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)
• 1065 – Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim (b. c. 1010)
• 1127 – Ava, German poet (b. 1060)
• 1165 – Marshal Stephen of Armenia
• 1259 – Thomas, Count of Flanders
• 1317 – Robert, Count of Clermont (b. 1256)
• 1320 – Jan Muskata, Bishop of Kraków (b. 1250)
• 1333 – Nikko, Japanese priest, founder of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism (b. 1246)
• 1520 – Alfonsina de' Medici, Regent of Florence (b. 1472)
• 1560 – Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Florentine sculptor (b. 1493)

1601–1900

• 1603 – Bartholomäus Sastrow, German politician (b. 1520)
• 1623 – Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (b. 1546)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1626 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1642 – William Bedell, English bishop and academic (b. 1571)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1693 – Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (b. 1624)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1736 – Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1666)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1779 – William Boyce, English organist and composer (b. 1711)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1799 – Qianlong Emperor of China (b. 1711)
• 1801 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (b. 1726)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1819 – August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (b. 1737)
• 1823 – Ann Radcliffe, English author (b. 1764)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1837 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)
• 1849 – Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845–1846) (b. 1797)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1862 – Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1787)
• 1864 – Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
• 1871 – Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (b. 1797)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1873 – Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1878 – Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1891 – Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 – Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

• 1919 – William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 – Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 – Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)
• 1921 – John J. Gardner, American politician (b. 1845)
• 1937 – Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1938 – Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (b. 1868)
• 1939 – Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1886)
• 1940 – James McCormick (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1940 – Peter Barnes (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1942 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (b. 1876)
• 1944 – Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1959 – Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1959 – Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1874)
• 1959 – Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 1960 – Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1963 – Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)
• 1964 – Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894)
• 1968 – Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1972 – Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1979 – Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (b. 1911)
• 1986 – Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (b. 1923)
• 1990 – Alan Perlis, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1922)
• 1990 – Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (b. 1905)
• 1991 – Amos Yarkoni, Israeli colonel (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935)
• 1999 – Bobby Troup, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Doug Henning, Canadian magician and politician (b. 1947)
• 2001 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (b. 1906)
• 2003 – Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Atli Dam, Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1932)
• 2006 – Princess Durru Shehvar of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1914)
• 2009 – Blossom Dearie, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
• 2010 – Franco Ballerini, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Harry Keough, American soccer player and coach (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2013 – Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2015 – Billy Casper, American golfer (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (b. 1922)
• 2017 – Richard Hatch, American actor (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2017 – Hans Rosling, Swedish academic (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2017 – Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian philosopher (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2019 – John Dingell, American politician (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2019 – Albert Finney, English actor (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2019 – Jan Olszewski, Polish politician, 3rd Prime Minister (b. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2019 – Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist who initially warned about COVID-19 (b. 1986)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2025 – Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Welsh academic and politician (b. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2025 – Tony Roberts, American actor and singer (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Richard the Pilgrim
  • Blessed Eugénie Smet
  • Blessed Pope Pius IX
  • Chrysolius
  • Egidio Maria of Saint Joseph
  • February 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Orthodox Church Typically observed on the Sunday closest to January 25 (O.S.)/February 7 (N.S.)
• Independence Day (Grenada), celebrates the independence of Grenada from the United Kingdom in 1974.
• National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (United States)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Template:NYT On this day
• Historical Events on February 9