October 7th, 1775

Born on October 7th, 1775

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 91,000 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 1775

41

Jane Austen

English novelist (1775–1817)

*December 16th, 1775, Steventon †July 18th, 1817, Winchester

82

Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville

French entomologist (1775–1858)

*November 11th, 1775, Paris †March 27th, 1858, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre

79

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

German philosopher (1775–1854)

*January 27th, 1775, Leonberg †August 20th, 1854, Bad Ragaz

65

Lucien Bonaparte

1st Prince of Canino and Musignano

*May 21st, 1775, Ajaccio †June 29th, 1840, Viterbo

59

Charles Lamb

British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)

*February 10th, 1775, London †December 27th, 1834, Edmonton

54

Carlota Joaquina of Spain

Queen of Portugal from 1816 to 1826

*April 25th, 1775, Aranjuez †January 7th, 1830, Queluz

68

Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême

King of France, de iure, 1830-1830

*August 6th, 1775, Versailles †June 3rd, 1844, Gorizia

81

Farkas Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician

*February 9th, 1775, Buia †November 20th, 1856, Târgu Mureș

81

Eugène François Vidocq

French criminal and criminalist

*July 24th, 1775, Arras †May 11th, 1857, Paris

71

Daniel O'Connell

Irish political leader (1775–1847)

*August 6th, 1775, Cahersiveen †May 15th, 1847, Genoa

36

Étienne-Louis Malus

French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician (1775-1812)

*July 23rd, 1775, Paris †February 24th, 1812, Paris

42

Matthew Gregory Lewis

English novelist and dramatist (1775–1818)

*July 9th, 1775, London †May 14th, 1818, Atlantic Ocean

58

François Adrien Boieldieu

French composer

*December 15th, 1775, Rouen †October 8th, 1834, Varennes-Jarcy

54

Jean Georg Haffner

Doctor

*September 20th, 1775, Colmar †April 20th, 1830, Gdańsk

39

María de la Consolación Azlor

The Countess of Bureta

*May 12th, 1775, Girona City †December 23rd, 1814, Zaragoza

76

Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers

Austro-Hungarian scientist (1775–1852)

*August 15th, 1775, Bratislava †May 21st, 1852, Vienna

72

Alberto Lista

Spanish poet (1775-1848)

*October 15th, 1775, Seville †October 5th, 1848, Seville

93

Antonio Bertoloni

Italian botanist (1775-1868)

*February 11th, 1775, Sarzana †April 17th, 1868, Bologna

73

Andreas Jordan

German politician (1775-1848)

*August 25th, 1775, Deidesheim †November 21st, 1848, Deidesheim

71

Ludovico Micara

Catholic cardinal

*October 12th, 1775, Frascati †May 24th, 1847, Rome

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1775 is a normal year and no leap year.

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