February 7
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands & Duke Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (later Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands) {1901}
DEATH
King Hussein of Jordan {1999}
ACCESSION ANNIVERSARY
King Abdullah II of Jordan {1999}
Other events from this day in history...
457 Leo I becomes emperor of Byzantine Empire
1301 Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales
BIRTHS
1102 Empress Matilda, Princess of England & wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire
1693 Empress Anna of Russia
1804 John Deere, American manufacturer
1812 Charles Dickens, English novelist
1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author
1906 Puyi, Emperor of China (d.1967)
1946 Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d.2011)
1960 James Spader, American actor
1962 Garth Brooks, American singer
1962 Eddie Izzard, British actor & comedian
1965 Chris Rock, American actor & comedian
1978 Ashton Kutcher, American actor
1985 Tina Majorino, American actress
DEATHS
999 Boleslaus II of Bohemia
1045 Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan
1317 Robert, Count of Claremont, French founder of House of Bourbon
1626 William V, Duke of Bavaria
1799 Qianlong, Emperor of China
1837 King Gustaf IV Adolf of Sweden
1878 Pope Pius IX
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