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February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 327 days remain until the end of the year (328 in leap years).
Events
Pre-1600
- 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.[1]
- 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.[2]
- 1313 – King Thihathu founds the Pinya Kingdom as the de jure successor state of the Pagan Kingdom.[3]
- 1365 – Albert III of Mecklenburg (King Albert of Sweden) grants city rights to Ulvila (Swedish: Ulvsby).[4][5]
- 1497 – In Florence, Italy, supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn cosmetics, art, and books, in a "Bonfire of the vanities".[6]
1601–1900
- 1756 – Guaraní War: The leader of the Guaraní rebels, Sepé Tiaraju, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops.[7]
- 1783 – American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.[8]
- United States Constitution is ratified.
- 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.
- a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.[9]
- 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.
- 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 – HMS Orpheus 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.[10]
- libel for publishing J'Accuse...![11]
- 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.[12]
1901–present
- Baltimore, Maryland;[13]it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
- 1940 – The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.[14]
- Guadalcanal Campaign.
- Operation Shingle.
- 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.[15]
- 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.[16][17][18]
- 1974 – Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.[19]
- 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.[20]
- space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).[21]
- 1986 – Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
- Soviet Communist Partyagrees to give up its monopoly on power.
- 1991 – Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
- 1991 – Provisional IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Streetin London, the headquarters of the British government.
- 1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.[22]
- 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.[23]
- 2001 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-98, carrying the Destiny laboratory module to the International Space Station.[24]
- 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.[25]
- 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.[26]
- 2024 - Pakistan election offices hit by twin bombings, killing at least 24 people a day before general elections.[27]
Births
Pre-1600
- 574 – Prince Shōtoku of Japan (d. 622)
- English throne (probable;[28]d. 1167)
- 1449 – Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, German countess (d. 1477)[29][30][31]
- 1478 – Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1535)[32]
- 1487 – Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort (d. 1557)
- 1500 – João de Castro, viceroy of Portuguese India (d. 1548)[33]
1601–1900
- 1612 – Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (d. 1683)[34]
- 1622 – Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble (d. 1694)[35]
- 1693 – Empress Anna of Russia (d. 1740)[36]
- 1722 – Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet (d. 1781)[37][38]
- 1726 – Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (d. 1766)[39]
- 1741 – Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic (d. 1825)[40]
- 1758 – Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer (d. 1826)[41]
- 1796 – Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date;[42] d. 1874)
- 1802 – Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic (d. 1892)[43]
- Deere & Company (d. 1886)[44]
- 1812 – Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (d. 1870)[45]
- 1825 – Karl Möbius, German zoologist and ecologist (d. 1908)[46]
- 1834 – Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, French architect (d. 1895)
- 1837 – James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915)[47]
- 1864 – Arthur Collins, American baritone singer (d. 1933)
- 1867 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957)[48]
- 1870 – Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist (d. 1937)
- 1871 – Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1927)
- RMS Titanic (d. 1912)[49]
- 1875 – Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (d. 1937)[50]
- 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)[51]
- 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)[52]
- 1906 – Oleg Antonov, Soviet engineer, founded the Antonov Design Bureau (d. 1984)[53]
- 1906 – Puyi, Chinese emperor (d. 1967)
- 1908 – Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
- 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)[54]
- 1915 – Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (d. 2007)
- 1915 – Eddie Bracken, American actor and singer (d. 2002)
- 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)[55]
- 1919 – Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (d. 1989)
- 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)[56]
- 1927 – Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach (d. 1975)
- 1927 – Lalo Ríos, Mexican actor (d. 1973)[57]
- 1928 – Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (d. 2014)
- 1929 – Jim Langley, English international footballer and manager (d. 2007)[58]
- 1932 – Gay Talese, American journalist and memoirist[55]
- 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)[59]
- 1935 – Cliff Jones, Welsh international footballer[60]
- 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
- British Ambassador to the United States
- 1937 – Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2021)
- 1940 – Tony Tan, Singaporean academic and politician, 7th President of Singapore[61]
- 1942 – Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)[62]
- 1943 – Eric Foner, American historian, author, and academic
- 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)[55]
- 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[63]
- 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)[55]
- 1956 – John Nielsen, Danish racing driver
- 1956 – Mark St. John, American guitarist (d. 2007)
- 1957 – Dámaso García, Dominican baseball player and footballer (d. 2020)[64]
- 1958 – Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer and manager
- 1958 – Terry Marsh, English boxer and politician
- 1958 – Matt Ridley, English journalist, author, and politician[65]
- 1959 – Mick McCarthy, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
- 1960 – Robert Smigel, American actor, producer, and screenwriter[66]
- 1960 – James Spader, American actor and producer[66]
- 1962 – Garth Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[67]
- 1962 – David Bryan, American keyboard player and songwriter[66]
- 1962 – Eddie Izzard, English comedian, actor, and producer[55]
- 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[66]
- 1966 – Kristin Otto, German swimmer
- 1968 – Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-Slovak ice hockey player and manager
- 1968 – Sully Erna, American singer-songwriter and musician[68]
- 1968 – Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster
- 1969 – Andrew Micallef, Maltese painter and musician[69]
- 1971 – Anita Tsoy, Russian singer-songwriter
- 1972 – Essence Atkins, American actress[66]
- 1972 – Robyn Lively, American actress[55]
- 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[66]
- 1975 – Miriam Corowa, Australian journalist, television presenter and producer[70]
- 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[71]
- 1978 – Milt Palacio, American-Belizean basketball player and coach[72]
- 1978 – Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
- 1979 – Daniel Bierofka, German footballer and coach
- 1979 – Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate[73]
- 1979 – Sam J. Miller, American author[74]
- 1980 – Dalibor Bagarić, Croatian basketball player[75]
- 1981 – Neto, Brazilian footballer
- 1981 – Lee Ok-sung, South Korean boxer
- 1982 – Mohammed Bijeh, Iranian serial killer (d. 2006)[76]
- 1982 – Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor
- 1982 – Mickaël Piétrus, French basketball player
- 1983 – Scott Feldman, American baseball player[77]
- 1983 – Sho Kamogawa, Japanese footballer
- 1983 – Federico Marchetti, Italian footballer
- 1984 – Trey Hardee, American decathlete
- 1984 – Jeremy Meeks American model and actor[78]
- 1985 – Josh Hennessy, American ice hockey player[79]
- 1985 – Bernard James, American basketball player[80]
- 1985 – Tina Majorino, American actress[66]
- 1985 – Deborah Ann Woll, American actress[81]
- 1987 – Joel Freeland, English basketball player[82]
- 1988 – Ai Kago, Japanese singer and actress
- 1988 – Matthew Stafford, American football player[83]
- 1989 – Nick Calathes, American-Greek basketball player
- 1989 – Isaiah Thomas, American basketball player[84]
- 1989 – Elia Viviani, Italian cyclist
- 1990 – Morris Claiborne, American football player[85]
- 1990 – Jacksepticeye, Irish YouTuber[86]
- 1990 – Gianluca Lapadula, Italian footballer
- 1990 – Dalilah Muhammad, American hurdler[87]
- 1990 – Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1991 – Gabbie Hanna, American Internet personality and singer-songwriter[88]
- 1991 – Ryan O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player[89]
- 1991 – Richard Pánik, Slovak ice hockey player[90]
- 1992 – Sergi Roberto, Spanish footballer
- 1992 – Ksenia Stolbova, Russian figure skater[91]
- 1992 – Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer and actress
- 1993 – Javon Hargrave, American football player[92]
- 1993 – Chris Mears, English diver[93]
- 1994 – Riley Barber, American ice hockey player[94]
- 1994 – Nathan Walker, Welsh-Australian ice hockey player[95]
- 1995 – Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and musician[55]
- 1995 – Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player[96]
- 1996 – Aaron Ekblad, Canadian ice hockey player[97]
- 1996 – Pierre Gasly, French racing driver[98]
- 1997 – Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer
- 1997 – Anhelina Kalinina, Ukrainian tennis player[99]
- 1999 – Omar Marmoush, Egyptian footballer[100]
- 2001 – R. J. Hampton, American basketball player[101]
- 2003 – Alessandro Fontanarosa, Italian footballer[102]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 199 – Lü Bu, Chinese warlord[103]
- Jin Dynasty(b. 300)
- 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)
- Nichiren ShoshuBuddhism (b. 1246)
- 1520 – Alfonsina de' Medici, Regent of Florence (b. 1472)
- 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)[104]
- 1626 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)[105]
- 1642 – William Bedell, English bishop and academic (b. 1571)[106]
- 1693 – Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (b. 1624)[107]
- 1736 – Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1666)[108]
- 1779 – William Boyce, English organist and composer (b. 1711)[109]
- 1799 – Qianlong Emperor of China (b. 1711)
- 1801 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (b. 1726)[110]
- 1819 – August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (b. 1737)
- 1823 – Ann Radcliffe, English author (b. 1764)[111]
- Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden(b. 1778)
- 1849 – Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) (b. 1797)[112]
- 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)[113]
- 1873 – Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)[114]
- 1878 – Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)[115]
- 1891 – Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
- 1897 – Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)[116]
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)
- 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)[117]
- 1940 – Peter Barnes (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican (b. 1907)[118]
- 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)
- SSofficer 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)[119]
- 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)
- Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands(b. 1932)
- Princess Durru Shehvarof 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)[120]
- 2013 – Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- 2014 – Doug Mohns, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1933)[121]
- 2015 – Billy Casper, American golfer (b. 1931)[122]
- 2015 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (b. 1934)
- 2015 – Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (b. 1931)[123]
- 2015 – John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (b. 1922)
- 2017 – Richard Hatch, American actor (b. 1945)[124]
- 2017 – Hans Rosling, Swedish academic (b. 1948)[125]
- 2017 – Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian philosopher (b. 1939)[126]
- 2019 – John Dingell, American politician (b. 1926)[127]
- 2019 – Albert Finney, English actor (b. 1936)[128]
- 2019 – Jan Olszewski, Polish politician, 3rd Prime Minister (b. 1930)[129]
- 2019 – Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1935)[130]
- 2020 – Li Wenliang, Chinese ophthalmologist who initially warned about COVID-19 (b. 1986)[131]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Richard the Pilgrim
- 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)
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