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What happened on July 7
On July 7 history recorded 61 notable events. 160 people who left a mark were born on this day, and 97 died. Here is the full almanac.
- 61events
- 160births
- 97deaths
- 15observances
Highlights
Highlights
1456Joan of Arc was declared innocent of heresy in a retrial twenty-five years after her death.
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Stating that she acted under divine guidance,
1575Anglo-Scottish Wars: A dispute between Sir John Forster and Sir John Carmichael led to a Scottish raid on Northumberland, England, in which 27 men were killed.
The Anglo-Scottish Wars comprise the various battles which continued to be fought between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland from the time of the Wars of Independence in the early 14th century through to the latter years of the 16th century.
1777American Revolutionary War: British forces caught up with American troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga, capturing more than 200 men at the Battle of Hubbardton.
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot for
July 7
On this day
XII century
- 1124
1124The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of 19 weeks.
XV century
XVI century
- 1520
1520Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba. - 1534
1534Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada. - 1548
1548Scotland and France conclude the Treaty of Haddington in response to the war known as the "Rough Wooing". According to the treaty, the five-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, is to marry the Dauphin of France. - 1575
1575The Raid of the Redeswire is the last major battle between England and Scotland. - 1585
1585The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
XVII century
XVIII century
- 1770
1770The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place. - 1770
1770After three days of battle around Chesma, the Russian fleet defeats the Ottoman Navy, inflicting one of the most severe naval defeats on the Ottoman Empire since Lepanto. - 1777
1777American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton. - 1798
1798As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
XIX century
- 1807
1807The first Treaty of Tilsit between France and Russia is signed, ending hostilities between the two countries in the War of the Fourth Coalition. - 1834
1834In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began. - 1846
1846US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California. - 1863
1863The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300. - 1865
1865Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged. - 1892
1892The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution. - 1898
1898US president William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution, annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States. - 1900
1900The luxury racing yacht Idler capsizes and sinks on Lake Erie during a storm, drowning six of its seven passengers (all members of the family of Cleveland businessman James C. Corrigan).
XX century
- 1907
1907Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City. - 1911
1911The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues. - 1915
1915World War I: The First Battle of the Isonzo between Italy and Austria-Hungary comes to an end. - 1915
1915Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims. - 1916
1916The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington. - 1928
1928Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri. - 1930
1930Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). - 1930
1930The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement organises the Peasant March demonstration in Helsinki to put pressure on the government to prohibit communist activities. - 1937
1937The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Lugou Bridge) provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War (China-Japan War). - 1937
1937The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine. - 1941
1941The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation. - 1944
1944World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan. - 1946
1946Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized. - 1946
1946Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood. - 1952
1952The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world. - 1953
1953Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador. - 1958
1958US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law. - 1959
1959Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere. - 1962
1962Alitalia Flight 771 crashes in Junnar, Maharashtra, India, killing 94 people. - 1963
1963Buddhist crisis: Police commanded by Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest. - 1978
1978The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom. - 1980
1980Institution of sharia law in Iran. - 1980
1980During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre. - 1981
1981US President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. - 1983
1983Cold War: Samantha Smith, a United States schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov. - 1985
1985Boris Becker becomes the youngest male player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17. - 1991
1991Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. - 1992
1992The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public. - 1997
1997The Turkish Armed Forces withdraw from northern Iraq after assisting the Kurdistan Democratic Party in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War.
XXI century
- 2003
2003NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket. - 2005
2005A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others. - 2006
2006A shootout happens in Spiritwood, Canada, killing two Royal Canadian Mounted Police and wounding a third officer. - 2007
2007The first Live Earth benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world. - 2011
2011A man goes on a killing spree in Grand Rapids, Michigan, killing seven and wounding two before killing himself. - 2012
2012At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia. - 2013
2013A De Havilland Otter air taxi crashes in Soldotna, Alaska, killing ten people. - 2016
2016Ex-US Army soldier Micah Xavier Johnson shoots fourteen policemen, killing five of them, in downtown Dallas, Texas at the end of a protest of recent police killings of Black men. He is subsequently killed by a robot-delivered bomb. - 2017
2017The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted with 122 countries voting in favour. - 2019
2019The United States defeated the Netherlands 2–0 at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final in Lyon, France. - 2021
2021Haitian crisis: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated in his residence in the capital of Port-au-Prince. - 2022
2022Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party following days of pressure from the Members of Parliament (MPs) during the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
Best known
Born on July 7
Best known
Died on July 7
984Crescentius the Elder
Italian noble and aristocrat
1285Tile Kolup
Holy Roman Emperor imposter
1304Pope Benedict XI
Head of the Catholic Church from 1303 to 1304
1307Edward I
King of England from 1272 to 1307
1345Momchil
Bulgarian brigand
1531Tilman Riemenschneider
German sculptor and woodcarver (c.1460–1531)
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day: Æthelburh of Faremoutiers
- Christian feast day: Felix of Nantes
- Christian feast day: Illidius
- Christian feast day: Job of Manyava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Blessed María Romero Meneses
- Christian feast day: Pantaenus
- Christian feast day: Peter To Rot
- Christian feast day: Blesseds Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with seven children (Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Willibald (Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978.
- Ivan Kupala Day (Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine)
- Saba Saba Day (Tanzania)
- Tanabata (Japan)
Frequently asked questions
What happened on July 7?
61 documented historical events happened on July 7, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Joan of Arc was declared innocent of heresy in a retrial twenty-five years after her death. On the same day, in another year: Anglo-Scottish Wars: A dispute between Sir John Forster and Sir John Carmichael led to a Scottish raid on Northumberland, England, in which 27 men were killed. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
Who was born on July 7?
160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on July 7, including Arnold Horween, George Cukor, Maria Bard. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.
Who died on July 7?
97 people with a Wikipedia article died on July 7, including Crescentius the Elder, Tile Kolup, Pope Benedict XI. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What is celebrated on July 7?
15 observances are celebrated on July 7 around the world: Christian feast day: Æthelburh of Faremoutiers, Christian feast day: Felix of Nantes, Christian feast day: Illidius, Christian feast day: Job of Manyava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church), Christian feast day: Blessed María Romero Meneses, Christian feast day: Pantaenus. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.
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