March 7th, 1678

Born on March 7th, 1678

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What happened on March 7th?

March 7th, 2009

Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

March 7th, 1968

Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area.

March 7th, 1965

Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday".

March 7th, 1945

World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion.

March 7th, 1941

The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.

March 7th, 1936

Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I.

March 7th, 1900

The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.

March 7th, 1871

José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history.

March 7th, 1850

United States senator Daniel Webster (pictured) delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state.

March 7th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon's army forced Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov's Russian troops to withdraw from the Chemin des Dames, but French casualties exceeded Russian losses.

March 7th, 1573

A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, ceding Cyprus from the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire.

March 7th, 0321

Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest.

March 7th, 0681

The Third Council of Constantinople deposes patriarch Macarius I of Antioch.

March 7th, 2007

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.

March 7th, 2006

The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.

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

Same year
Born in 1678

63

Antonio Vivaldi

Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)

*March 4th, 1678, Venice †July 28th, 1741, Vienna

32

Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

Emperor from 1705 till his death in 1711

*July 26th, 1678, Vienna †April 17th, 1711, Vienna

56

Yongzheng Emperor

Emperor of Qing-dynasty China from 1722 to 1735

*December 13th, 1678, Forbidden City †October 8th, 1735, Beijing

49

Francesco Farnese

Duke of Parma (1678-1727)

*May 19th, 1678, Parma †May 26th, 1727, Piacenza

72

Peter von Lacy

Irish general in Russia

*October 30th, 1678, Killeedy †April 19th, 1751, Riga

59

Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse

French count; legitimized son of Louis XIV (1678–1737)

*June 6th, 1678, Versailles †December 1st, 1737, Rambouillet

60

Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow

Generalfeldmarschall and Prussian statesman

*October 4th, 1678, Berlin †March 18th, 1739, Berlin

87

Adrien Maurice de Noailles

Marshal of France (1678-1766)

*September 29th, 1678, Paris †June 24th, 1766, Paris

35

Anna Waser

Painter from Switzerland (1678-1714)

*October 16th, 1678, Zürich †September 20th, 1714, Zürich

73

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

English politician and Viscount (1678-1751)

*September 16th, 1678, Battersea †December 12th, 1751, Battersea

64

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll

Led government army against Jacobites in 1715

*October 10th, 1678, Petersham †October 4th, 1743, Petersham

64

Daniel Neal

English historian (1678–1743)

*December 14th, 1678, London †April 4th, 1743, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1678 is a normal year and no leap year.

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