October 7th, 1772

Born on October 7th, 1772

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 92,000 days old!

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What happened on October 7th?

October 7th, 1840

William II became King of the Netherlands after his father William I abdicated the throne.

October 7th, 2023

The military wing of the Palestinian nationalist Islamist political organization Hamas massacred people attending an open-air music festival in southern Israel.

October 7th, 2008

2008 TC3 exploded above the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in the first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted prior to atmospheric entry.

October 7th, 2006

Anna Politkovskaya (pictured), a Russian journalist and human-rights activist, was assassinated in the elevator of her apartment block in Moscow.

October 7th, 1991

Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army conducted an air strike on Banski Dvori, the official residence of the president of Croatia in Zagreb.

October 7th, 1988

Near Point Barrow in Alaska, an Iñupiat hunter discovered three gray whales trapped in pack ice, which resulted in an international effort to free them.

October 7th, 1985

During severe floods in Puerto Rico, about 130 people died as a result of the deadliest single landslide on record in North America.

October 7th, 1944

The Holocaust: Sonderkommando work-unit members in Auschwitz concentration camp revolted upon learning that they were due to be killed; although a few managed to escape, most were massacred on the same day.

October 7th, 1916

Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

October 7th, 1914

In a death that Rudolf Steiner terms a voluntary sacrifice and that inspires Edith Maryon's relief In Memory of Theo Faiss (pictured), seven-year-old Theo Faiss was crushed by an overturned horse wagon.

October 7th, 1878

The state funeral of Mindon Min (pictured), who ruled Myanmar for 25 years, took place; his death was reportedly preceded by strange omens, and his senior princes were unable to attend as they had all been arrested.

October 7th, 1868

Ōdate, the last castle of the Satake clan in Japan's Tōhoku region, was captured during the Boshin War.

October 7th, 1800

The French privateer Robert Surcouf led a 150-man crew to capture the 40-gun, 437-man East Indiaman Kent.

October 7th, 1780

American Revolutionary War: Patriots and Loyalist militias engaged each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.

October 7th, 1763

King George III issued a royal proclamation that forbade British settlement of much of newly acquired French territory in North America, reserving the land for indigenous peoples.

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

Same year
Born in 1772

51

David Ricardo

British political economist, broker and politician (1772-1823)

*April 18th, 1772, London †September 11th, 1823, Gatcombe Park

77

Vicente López Portaña

Spanish painter (1772-1850)

*September 19th, 1772, Valencia †July 22nd, 1850, Madrid

61

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

English poet, literary critic and philosopher

*October 21st, 1772, Ottery St Mary †July 25th, 1834, London

47

Manuel Lisa

American fur trader (1772–1820)

*September 8th, 1772, New Orleans †August 12th, 1820, St. Louis

28

Novalis

German poet and writer

*May 2nd, 1772, Wiederstedt †March 25th, 1801, Weißenfels

56

Friedrich Schlegel

German poet, critic and scholar, editor

*March 10th, 1772, Hanover †January 12th, 1829, Dresden

64

Martha Jefferson Randolph

First Lady of the United States from 1801 to 1809

*September 27th, 1772, Monticello †October 10th, 1836, Albemarle County

34

Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily

Last Holy Roman Empress and first Empress of Austria

*June 6th, 1772, Naples †April 13th, 1807, Vienna

84

Manuel José Quintana

Spanish poet (1772-1857)

*April 11th, 1772, Madrid †March 11th, 1857, Madrid

75

Johann Wilhelm Wilms

Dutch composer

*March 30th, 1772, Witzhelden †July 19th, 1847, Amsterdam

91

Luke Howard

British manufacturing chemist (1772-1864)

*November 28th, 1772, London †March 21st, 1864, Tottenham

48

James Burrill Jr.

American politician (1772-1820)

*April 25th, 1772, Providence †December 25th, 1820, Washington, D.C.

70

David Jewett

American-Argentine military officer (1772-1842)

*June 17th, 1772, New London †July 26th, 1842, Rio de Janeiro

31

Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien

Son of Louis Henri, Prince of Condé (1772–1804)

*August 2nd, 1772, Château de Chantilly †March 21st, 1804, Château de Vincennes

62

Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth

Württembergian physician

*October 20th, 1772, Stuttgart †May 2nd, 1835, Tübingen

77

David Ferdinand Howaldt

German goldsmith

*November 8th, 1772, Wrocław †November 5th, 1850, Kiel

69

Wilhelm August Lampadius

German chemist

*August 8th, 1772, Hehlen †April 13th, 1842, Freiberg

75

Johann Heinrich van Ess

German theologian (1772-1847)

*February 15th, 1772, Warburg †October 13th, 1847, Affolderbach

70

Anton Bauer

German jurist (1772-1843)

*August 16th, 1772, Marburg †June 1st, 1843, Göttingen

28

Friedrich Gilly

German architect (1772–1800)

*February 16th, 1772, Szczecin †August 3rd, 1800, Karlovy Vary

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Leap year

Yes: 1772 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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