December 7th, 1776

Born on December 7th, 1776

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 7th, 1776?

December 7th, 1776

Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Lafayette

What else happened on December 7th?

December 7th, 2015

The JAXA space probe Akatsuki entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.

December 7th, 2007

A crane barge that had broken free from a tugboat crashed into an oil tanker near Daesan, South Korea, causing the country's worst-ever oil spill.

December 7th, 2005

Spanish authorities captured Croatian Army general Ante Gotovina, who was wanted for war crimes committed during the Croatian War of Independence; he was eventually cleared of all charges.

December 7th, 1995

The Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.

December 7th, 1993

A passenger murdered six people and injured nineteen others on the Long Island Rail Road in Garden City, New York.

December 7th, 1975

The Indonesian military began a lengthy occupation of East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism.

December 7th, 1972

Construction workers found the remains of Martin Bormann near Lehrter Station in Berlin, ending a decades-long search after his conviction in absentia at the Nuremberg trials.

December 7th, 1942

Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.

December 7th, 1936

Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton (pictured) became the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.

December 7th, 1869

American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

December 7th, 1862

American Civil War: The Battle of Prairie Grove ended a Confederate attempt to regain control of northwestern Arkansas.

December 7th, 1837

British troops swiftly defeated rebels led by William Lyon Mackenzie and Anthony Van Egmond at the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern, the only major confrontation of the Upper Canada Rebellion.

December 7th, 0574

Suffering from mental illness, Eastern Roman emperor Justin II had his general Tiberius proclaimed Caesar, adopting him as his own son.

January 1st, 1970

Cicero, widely considered one of ancient Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists, was killed after having been proscribed as an enemy of the state.

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

Same year
Born in 1776

55

Sophie Germain

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)

*April 1st, 1776, Paris †June 27th, 1831, Paris

79

Amedeo Avogadro

Italian scientist

*August 9th, 1776, Turin †July 9th, 1856, Turin

54

Barthold Georg Niebuhr

Danish-German statesman and historian (1776–1831)

*August 27th, 1776, Copenhagen †January 2nd, 1831, Bonn

68

Edward Solly

British merchant and art collector (1776-1844)

*April 25th, 1776, London †December 2nd, 1844

59

Friedrich Stromeyer

German Chemist

*August 2nd, 1776, Göttingen †August 18th, 1835, Göttingen

33

Johann Wilhelm Ritter

German chemist, physicist and philosopher

*December 16th, 1776, Zamienice †January 23rd, 1810, Munich

250

Vani Hari

American blogger

*March 22nd, 1776, Charlotte

55

Elizabeth Parke Custis Law

American social leader (1776-1831)

*August 21st, 1776, British America †December 31st, 1831, Richmond

78

Pietro Nobile

Italian architect and builder (1776-1854)

*October 11th, 1776, Capriasca †November 7th, 1854, Vienna

65

Amos Eaton

American botanist (1776-1842)

*May 17th, 1776, Chatham †May 10th, 1842, Troy

63

Aimé Picquet du Boisguy

French counter revolutionary

*March 15th, 1776, Fougères †October 25th, 1839, Paris

61

Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus

German biologist (1776-1837)

*February 4th, 1776, Bremen †February 16th, 1837, Bremen

67

Augustin-Marie d'Aboville

French artillery officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars

*April 20th, 1776, La Fère †June 20th, 1843, Paris

77

Johannes Geibel

German theologian (1776-1853)

*April 1st, 1776, Hanau †July 25th, 1853, Lübeck

81

Princess Mary of the United Kingdom

British princess, daughter of George III; (1776-1857)

*April 25th, 1776, Buckingham Palace †April 30th, 1857, Gloucester House

82

George M. Bibb

American politician (1776-1859)

*October 30th, 1776, Prince Edward County †April 14th, 1859, Georgetown

58

Peter Erasmus Müller

Danish historian, linguist, and clergy member

*May 29th, 1776, Copenhagen †September 4th, 1834, Copenhagen

71

Karl Gottlieb Bretschneider

German theologian

*February 11th, 1776, Gersdorf †January 22nd, 1848, Gotha

40

Antonio Baraya

Colombian soldier (1776-1816)

*January 31st, 1776, Girón †July 20th, 1816, Bogotá

64

Princess Amalie of Nassau-Weilburg

German noblewoman, Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1776-1841)

*August 6th, 1776, Kirchheimbolanden †February 19th, 1841, Schaumburg Castle

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Leap year

Yes: 1776 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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