July 8th, 1701

Born on July 8th, 1701

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What happened on July 8th?

July 8th, 2022

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) was assassinated with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church.

July 8th, 1990

West Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against defending champions Argentina, with Andreas Brehme scoring the game's only goal.

July 8th, 2021

Head of a Bear (pictured) sold at auction in London for a total of £8.8 million, a record for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.

July 8th, 2014

In the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final at the Mineirão, Germany defeated Brazil 7–1 (players pictured), breaking several tournament records.

July 8th, 2003

Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashed near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.

July 8th, 1994

Upon the death of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il (pictured) became the supreme leader of North Korea.

July 8th, 1980

Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashed near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.

July 8th, 1966

King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi was deposed in a coup d'état by his son, Prince Charles Ndizi.

July 8th, 1965

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 was destroyed by a bomb near 100 Mile House, Canada, killing 52.

July 8th, 1962

Following student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese general Ne Win ordered the demolition of the historic students' union building.

July 8th, 1950

Korean War: American troops withdrew from Cheonan, in modern-day South Korea, after suffering heavy casualties from a North Korean attack.

July 8th, 1947

Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.

July 8th, 1874

Members of the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Dufferin began their March West, their first journey to the Canadian Prairies.

July 8th, 1776

The United States Declaration of Independence received its first formal public reading, in Philadelphia.

July 8th, 1758

French and Indian War: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon in the British colony of New York.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 8th

Same year
Born in 1701

49

Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond

English patron of cricket (1701-1750)

*May 18th, 1701, Chichester †August 8th, 1750, Godalming

79

Jacques Dumont le Romain

French history and portrait painter (1701-1781)

*May 10th, 1701, Paris †February 17th, 1781, Paris

58

Anna Magdalena Bach

German singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (1701-1760)

*December 22nd, 1701, Zeitz †February 27th, 1760, Leipzig

76

Otto Magnus von Schwerin

Prussian general

*June 21st, 1701, Halberstadt †August 14th, 1777, Ducherow

81

William Emerson

British mathematician

*May 14th, 1701, Hurworth-on-Tees †May 20th, 1782, Hurworth-on-Tees

77

Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo

118th Doge of Venice (1701-1778)

*May 19th, 1701, Venice †December 31st, 1778, Venice

65

Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

(1701-1766)

*April 1st, 1701, Glücksburg †November 10th, 1766, Glücksburg

59

Christian Ludwig Liscow

German poet lawyer and writer (1701-1760)

*April 29th, 1701, Wittenburg †October 30th, 1760, Eilenburg

55

Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld

Catholic cardinal

*July 16th, 1701, Versailles †April 29th, 1757, Paris

75

Johann Jakob Breitinger

Swiss philologist and author (1701-1776)

*March 1st, 1701, Zürich †December 13th, 1776, Zürich

74

Vittoria Tesi

Italian opera singer and music teacher (1701-1775)

*February 13th, 1701, Florence †May 9th, 1775, Vienna

75

Melchior Eberhard

German sculptor

*November 6th, 1701, Bad Hindelang †January 1st, 1777, Bad Hindelang

55

Maurus Xaverius Herbst

Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey Plankstetten

*September 14th, 1701, Pleinfeld †April 4th, 1757, Abenberg

74

Niclas Sahlgren

Swedish businessman

*March 18th, 1701, Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg †March 10th, 1776, Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg

76

Charles Le Beau

French historian

*October 18th, 1701, Paris †March 13th, 1778, Paris

58

Felix Anton Scheffler

German painter (1701-1760)

*August 29th, 1701, Mainburg †January 10th, 1760, Prague

41

François-Joseph Hunauld

French anatomist; (1701-1742)

*February 24th, 1701, Châteaubriant †December 15th, 1742, Paris

53

Christian Ludwig von Loewenstern

German artist, 1701-1754

*August 10th, 1701, Darmstadt †October 15th, 1754, Darmstadt

53

Fortunato da Brescia

(1701-1754)

*January 1st, 1701, Brescia †January 1st, 1754, Madrid

72

Johann Konrad Spörl

German theologian (1701-1773)

*January 3rd, 1701, Nuremberg †May 20th, 1773

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