February 7

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[edit] Events

• 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio wherein the prince of Benevento, Pandulf IV, is killed battling the encroaching Normans.
• 1238 - Mongols burned Vladimir city of Russia.
• 1807 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau - Napoléon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
• 1991 - The IRA launches a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street during a cabinet meeting.

[edit] Births

• 1812 - Charles Dickens, English novelist (d. 1870)
• 1885 - Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
• 1914 - Ramón Mercader, Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky (d. 1978)

[edit] Deaths

• 1652 - Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (b. 1582)
• 1979 - Dr. Josef Mengele, German doctor (b. 1911)