Notable Deaths on February 7

Emperor Min of Jin, personal name Sima Ye, courtesy name Yanqi (彥旗), was an emperor of the Jin dynasty and the last of the Western Jin.

Emperor Go-Suzaku was the 69th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

The poet Ava, also known as Frau Ava, Ava of Göttweig or Ava of Melk, was the first named female writer in any genre in the German language. She is the author of five poems which focus on Christian themes of salvation…

Thomas II was the Lord of Piedmont from 1233 to his death, Count of Flanders jure uxoris from 1237 to 1244, and regent of the County of Savoy from 1253 to his death, while his nephew Boniface was fighting abroad. He was…

Jan Muskata was bishop of Kraków from 1294 to 1309.

Alfonsina Orsini was a regent of Florence. She governed the Republic of Florence during the absences of her son, Lorenzo II de' Medici, in the period of 1515–1519. Her rule was feared as a sign of the end of republican…

Bartholomäus Sastrow, sometimes anglicised Bartholomew, was a German official, notary, and mayor of Stralsund. He left a culturally and historically important autobiography, written in 1595 when he was 75 years of age.…

William V, called the Pious, was the duke of Bavaria from 1579 to 1597.

Paul Pellisson was a French writer, associated with the Baroque Précieuses movement.

William Boyce was an English composer and organist. Like Beethoven later on, he became deaf but continued to compose. He knew Handel, Arne, Gluck, J.C. Bach, Abel, and a very young Mozart, all of whom respected his work.