July 7th, 1340

Born on July 7th, 1340

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 249,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 7th?

July 7th, 2016

A U.S. Army Reserve veteran ambushed and shot at police officers (memorial service pictured) in Dallas, Texas, killing five of them and injuring nine others, before being killed by a bomb attached to a police robot.

July 7th, 1991

Yugoslav Wars: The signing of the Brioni Agreement ended the Ten-Day War between SFR Yugoslavia and Slovenia.

July 7th, 1983

After writing a letter to Soviet premier Yuri Andropov, American schoolgirl Samantha Smith (pictured) visited the Soviet Union as Andropov's personal guest, becoming known as "America's Youngest Ambassador".

July 7th, 1963

The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest during the Buddhist crisis.

July 7th, 1937

The Peel Commission published a report stating that the League of Nations' Mandate for Palestine had become unworkable and recommended the partition of British-administered Mandatory Palestine into two states.

July 7th, 1911

Four countries signed the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, which banned the hunting of seals in the pelagic zone.

July 7th, 1907

Inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris, American impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged the first of his Ziegfeld Follies.

July 7th, 1798

Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared Quasi-War, fought entirely at sea.

July 7th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British forces caught up with American troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga, capturing more than 200 men at the Battle of Hubbardton.

July 7th, 1456

Joan of Arc was declared innocent of heresy in a retrial twenty-five years after her death.

July 7th, 1898

US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

July 7th, 1892

The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.

July 7th, 1865

Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

July 7th, 1863

The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.

July 7th, 1846

US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 7th?

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

39

Sony Dwi Kuncoro

Indonesian badminton player

*July 7th, 1984, Surabaya

88

Søren Elung Jensen

Actor (1928-2017)

*July 7th, 1928, Odense †January 22nd, 2017, Hellerup

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

50

Gustav Mahler

Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911)

*July 7th, 1860, Kaliště †May 18th, 1911, Vienna

90

Fulbert Steffensky

German theologian

*July 7th, 1933, Rehlingen-Siersburg

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

40

Li Li

Singaporean badminton player

*July 7th, 1983, People's Republic of China

37

Alamsyah Yunus

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1986, Jakarta

31

Kang Ji-wook

South Korean badminton player

*July 7th, 1992, Jeju

30

Tinn Isriyanet

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1993, Bangkok

32

Quebonafide

Polish rapper and singer-songwriter

*July 7th, 1991, Ciechanów

30

Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1993, Tangerang City

47

Bérénice Bejo

Argentine-born French actress

*July 7th, 1976, Buenos Aires

30

Ally Brooke

American singer

*July 7th, 1993, San Antonio

76

Jon Pertwee

English actor (1919–1996)

*July 7th, 1919, Chelsea †May 20th, 1996, Connecticut

48

Daniela Ludwig

German politician (CSU)

*July 7th, 1975, Munich

54

Cree Summer

American actress

*July 7th, 1969, Los Angeles

43

Michelle Kwan

American figure skater and diplomat

*July 7th, 1980, Torrance

Same year
Born in 1340

58

John of Gaunt

English magnate of the House of Plantagenet (1340-1399)

*June 24th, 1340, Ghent †February 3rd, 1399, Leicester Castle

27

John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray

English Baron

*June 24th, 1340, Epworth †January 1st, 1368, Turkey

75

John, Duke of Berry

French duke

*November 30th, 1340, Vincennes †June 15th, 1416, Paris

35

Cansignorio della Scala

Lord of Verona

*March 5th, 1340, Verona †October 19th, 1375, Verona

70

Theophanes the Greek

Byzantine-Russian artist (c.1340-c.1410)

*January 1st, 1340, Constantinople †January 1st, 1410, Moscow

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Public holidays on July 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1340 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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