November 7th, 1775

Born on November 7th, 1775

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What happened on November 7th, 1775?

November 7th, 1775

John Murray (also known as Lord Dunmore), the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murray,_4th_Earl_of_Dunmore

November 7th, 1775

Lord Dunmore, the royal governor of the Colony of Virginia, signed a proclamation promising freedom for the slaves of Patriots if they joined the British Armed Forces.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murray,_4th_Earl_of_Dunmore

What else happened on November 7th?

November 7th, 2000

Hillary Clinton was elected a US senator, the first time a first lady had been elected to public office.

November 7th, 1991

Magic Johnson announced his retirement from professional basketball due to HIV infection.

November 7th, 1987

Tunisian prime minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali deposed and replaced President Habib Bourguiba by declaring him medically unfit for the duties of the office.

November 7th, 1949

Oil was discovered in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Azerbaijan, leading to the construction of Neft Daşları, the world's first offshore oil platform.

November 7th, 1917

World War I: British forces captured Gaza following the retreat of the Ottoman garrison.

November 7th, 1916

In the congressional elections, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.

November 7th, 1861

American Civil War: Future U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant engaged in his first combat leadership role in the Battle of Belmont in Mississippi County, Missouri.

November 7th, 1837

American abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, during an attack to destroy his printing press and abolitionist materials.

November 7th, 1811

Tecumseh's War: American forces led by William Henry Harrison defeated the forces of Shawnee leader Tecumseh's growing confederation at the Battle of Tippecanoe near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana.

November 7th, 1723

O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach (pictured) for Leipzig, was first performed.

November 7th, 0680

The Third Council of Constantinople convened to settle the Christological controversies of monoenergism and monothelitism.

November 7th, 1934

The first specimens of the tufted jay to be scientifically described were collected in Mexico.

November 7th, 1982

Colonel Saye Zerbo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Colonel Gabriel Yoryan Somé.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 7th?

66

Marie Curie

Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)

*November 7th, 1867, Warsaw †July 4th, 1934, Sancellemoz

56

Olaf Schubert

German comedian and musician

*November 7th, 1967, Plauen

56

David Guetta

French DJ and record producer

*November 7th, 1967, Paris

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

28

Cameron Coetzer

Badminton player

*November 7th, 1995, East London

73

Lindsay Duncan

Scottish actress

*November 7th, 1950, Edinburgh

88

Judy Parfitt

British actress

*November 7th, 1935, Sheffield

43

Anna Katharina Kränzlein

German violinist

*November 7th, 1980, Fürstenfeldbruck

89

Lise Meitner

Austrian-Swedish physicist

*November 7th, 1878, Vienna †October 27th, 1968, Cambridge

81

James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline

British politician (1776-1858)

*November 7th, 1776, Tullibody †April 17th, 1858, Midlothian

85

Konrad Lorenz

Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973

*November 7th, 1903, Vienna †February 27th, 1989, Vienna

31

Jürgen Damm

Mexican association football player

*November 7th, 1992, Túxpan

46

Albert Camus

French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)

*November 7th, 1913, Dréan †January 4th, 1960, Villeblevin

82

Lila Kaye

British actress (1929-2012)

*November 7th, 1929, Middlesbrough †January 10th, 2012, Worthing

84

Siegfried Herrmann

German track and field athlete (1932-2017)

*November 7th, 1932, Unterschönau †February 14th, 2017, Erfurt

27

Lorde

New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1996)

*November 7th, 1996, Takapuna

76

Vuk Karadžić

Serbian philologist and linguist

*November 7th, 1787, Tršić †January 26th, 1864, Vienna

52

José Félix Bogado

Argentinian military personnel

*November 7th, 1777, San Juan Nepomuceno †November 21st, 1829, San Nicolás de los Arroyos

82

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

Indian physicist

*November 7th, 1888, Tiruchirappalli †November 21st, 1970, Bengaluru

42

Anushka Shetty

Indian actress (born 1981)

*November 7th, 1981, Mangaluru

Same year
Born in 1775

41

Jane Austen

English novelist (1775–1817)

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

61

André-Marie Ampère

French physicist and mathematician

*January 20th, 1775, Lyon †June 10th, 1836, Marseille

65

Lucien Bonaparte

1st Prince of Canino and Musignano

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

76

J. M. W. Turner

English painter and draftsman (c.1775–1851)

*April 23rd, 1775, Covent Garden †December 19th, 1851, Cheyne Walk

66

Johann Anton André

German composer (1775-1842)

*October 6th, 1775, Offenbach am Main †April 5th, 1842, Offenbach am Main

59

Charles Lamb

British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)

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

76

Mary Martha Sherwood

British children's author

*May 6th, 1775, Worcestershire †October 22nd, 1851, Twickenham

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

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

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

76

Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans

Marshal of France (1775-1852)

*November 13th, 1775, Bar-le-Duc †June 22nd, 1852, Sèvres

68

Miguel Ramos Arizpe

Mexican priest

*February 15th, 1775, Ramos Arizpe †April 28th, 1843, Puebla City

68

Tommaso Rima

Swiss-Italian surgeon

*January 1st, 1775, Mosogno †January 1st, 1843, Venice

35

François Péron

French scientist and explorer

*August 22nd, 1775, Cérilly †December 14th, 1810, Cérilly

66

João Domingos Bomtempo

Portuguese musician (1775-1842)

*December 28th, 1775, Lisbon †August 18th, 1842, Lisbon

39

José Félix Ribas

Venezuelan revolutionary (1775-1815)

*September 18th, 1775, Caracas †January 31st, 1815, Tucupido

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Leap year

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

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