May 7th, 1699

Born on May 7th, 1699

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 7th?

May 7th, 1954

A convoy of circus wagons carrying lions, horses, ponies and an ass lost control and overturned into some shop fronts in Dungannon, Northern Ireland.

May 7th, 2010

A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that most living humans have Neanderthal ancestors.

May 7th, 2009

Police in Napier, New Zealand, began a 40-hour siege of the home of a former New Zealand Army member who had shot at officers during the routine execution of a search warrant.

May 7th, 1999

Kosovo War: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.

May 7th, 1960

Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev announced that the Soviet Union was holding American pilot Francis Gary Powers, whose spy plane had been shot down six days earlier.

May 7th, 1946

Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the telecommunications corporation Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, later renamed Sony.

May 7th, 1940

A three-day debate began in the House of Commons that resulted in British prime minister Neville Chamberlain being replaced by Winston Churchill (pictured).

May 7th, 1937

Employees at Fleischer Studios in New York City went on strike in the animation industry's first major labor strike.

May 7th, 1931

New York City police engaged in a two-hour-long shootout with Francis Crowley, witnessed by 15,000 bystanders, before he finally surrendered.

May 7th, 1895

Alexander Stepanovich Popov presented his lightning detector, one of the first radio receivers in the world, to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society.

May 7th, 1798

War of the First Coalition: A British garrison repelled a French attack on the Îles Saint-Marcouf off the Normandy coast, inflicting heavy losses.

May 7th, 1794

French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre established the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new state religion of the French First Republic.

May 7th, 1763

Pontiac, a Native American chief of the Odawa tribe, led an attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British, marking the start of Pontiac's War.

May 7th, 1697

The 13th-century castle of Tre Kronor in Stockholm burned down; plans for the current royal palace were presented within the year.

May 7th, 1487

Granada War: Forces of Aragon and Castile began a siege of Málaga, a Muslim city in the south of the Iberian Peninsula.

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

Same year
Born in 1699

73

Anselm Desing

German philosopher, historian and jurist (1699-1772)

*March 15th, 1699, Amberg †December 17th, 1772, Ensdorf

84

Johann Adolf Hasse

German composer, singer and teacher (1699-1783)

*March 25th, 1699, Bergedorf †December 16th, 1783, Venice

54

Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff

German artist (1699-1753)

*February 17th, 1699, Krosno Odrzańskie †September 16th, 1753, Berlin

39

Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria

Bavarian prince and imperial field marshal

*August 5th, 1699, City of Brussels †December 9th, 1738, Munich

77

Johann Georg von Langen

German politician (1699-1776)

*March 22nd, 1699, Oberstadt †May 25th, 1776, Jægersborg

74

Johann Georg Estor

German jurist

*June 6th, 1699, Schweinsberg †October 25th, 1773, Marburg

79

Leonardus Offerhaus

German university professor, author and historian (1699-1779)

*November 18th, 1699, Hamm †October 18th, 1779, Groningen

48

Wigand Kahler

(1699-1747)

*March 27th, 1699, Wollmar †November 14th, 1747, Rinteln

68

John Martyn

British botanist (1699-1768)

*September 12th, 1699, London †January 29th, 1768, Chelsea

68

Paul Gottlieb Werlhof

German physician

*March 24th, 1699, Helmstedt †July 26th, 1767, Hanover

82

Gregorio Mayans

Historian, linguist and writer

*May 9th, 1699, Oliva †December 21st, 1781, Valencia

73

Jan Zach

Czech composer and organist

*November 13th, 1699, Čelákovice †May 24th, 1773, Ellwangen

81

Friederike of Württemberg-Neuenstadt

Lady superior (died 1781)

*July 27th, 1699, Neuenstadt am Kocher †May 8th, 1781, Neuenstadt am Kocher

60

Alamgir II

14th Mughal Emperor

*June 6th, 1699, Multan †November 29th, 1759, Mughal Empire

69

Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt

German judge and historian (1699-1768)

*April 20th, 1699, Halle (Saale) †December 13th, 1768, Halle (Saale)

70

Philipp Friedrich Hiller

German parson, hymnwriter

*January 6th, 1699, Mühlacker †April 24th, 1769, Steinheim am Albuch

78

Bernard de Jussieu

French botanist (1699-1777)

*August 17th, 1699, Lyon †November 6th, 1777, Paris

53

Anna Maria of Liechtenstein

Princess of Liechtenstein

*September 11th, 1699, Vienna †January 20th, 1753, Vienna

54

Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais

French admiral and colonial governor (1699-1753)

*February 11th, 1699, Saint-Malo †November 10th, 1753, Paris

90

Étienne Jeaurat

Painter (1699-1789)

*February 9th, 1699, Paris †December 14th, 1789, Versailles

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1699 is a normal year and no leap year.

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