14941 | February 7 | Event | 1992 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union. |
14942 | February 7 | Event | 1995 – Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan. |
14943 | February 7 | Event | 1999 – Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein. |
14944 | February 7 | Event | 2009 – Bushfires in Victoria leaves 173 dead in the worst natural disaster in Australia's history. |
14945 | February 7 | Event | 2012 – President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military. |
14946 | February 7 | Event | 2013 – At least 51 people are killed in a crash involving a bus and truck in Zambia. |
14947 | February 7 | Event | 2014 – The opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics is held in the Russian city of Sochi. |
14948 | February 7 | Event | 2014 – Over 350 people were injured in the anti-government unrest in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
14949 | February 7 | Birth | 572 – Prince Shōtoku of Japan (d. 622) |
14950 | February 7 | Birth | 1102 – Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I of England and wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1169) |
14951 | February 7 | Birth | 1478 – Thomas More, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1535) |
14952 | February 7 | Birth | 1612 – Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (d. 1683) |
14953 | February 7 | Birth | 1693 – Anna of Russia (d. 1740) |
14954 | February 7 | Birth | 1726 – Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (d. 1766) |
14955 | February 7 | Birth | 1741 – Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic (d. 1825) |
14956 | February 7 | Birth | 1758 – Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer (d. 1826) |
14957 | February 7 | Birth | 1804 – John Deere, American businessman, founded Deere & Company (d. 1886) |
14958 | February 7 | Birth | 1812 – Charles Dickens, English author and critic (d. 1870) |
14959 | February 7 | Birth | 1837 – James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (d. 1915) |
14960 | February 7 | Birth | 1842 – Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1923) |
14961 | February 7 | Birth | 1867 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 1957) |
14962 | February 7 | Birth | 1870 – Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist (d. 1937) |
14963 | February 7 | Birth | 1871 – Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist and composer (d. 1927) |
14964 | February 7 | Birth | 1873 – Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the RMS Titanic (d. 1912) |
14965 | February 7 | Birth | 1877 – G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist (d. 1947) |
14966 | February 7 | Birth | 1878 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (d. 1936) |
14967 | February 7 | Birth | 1885 – Sinclair Lewis, American author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951) |
14968 | February 7 | Birth | 1885 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953) |
14969 | February 7 | Birth | 1887 – Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (d. 1983) |
14970 | February 7 | Birth | 1889 – Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer (d. 1976) |