July 7th, 1778

Born on July 7th, 1778

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What happened on July 7th?

July 7th, 2016

A U.S. Army Reserve veteran ambushed and shot at police officers (memorial service pictured) in Dallas, Texas, killing five of them and injuring nine others, before being killed by a bomb attached to a police robot.

July 7th, 1991

Yugoslav Wars: The signing of the Brioni Agreement ended the Ten-Day War between SFR Yugoslavia and Slovenia.

July 7th, 1983

After writing a letter to Soviet premier Yuri Andropov, American schoolgirl Samantha Smith (pictured) visited the Soviet Union as Andropov's personal guest, becoming known as "America's Youngest Ambassador".

July 7th, 1963

The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest during the Buddhist crisis.

July 7th, 1937

The Peel Commission published a report stating that the League of Nations' Mandate for Palestine had become unworkable and recommended the partition of British-administered Mandatory Palestine into two states.

July 7th, 1911

Four countries signed the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, which banned the hunting of seals in the pelagic zone.

July 7th, 1907

Inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris, American impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged the first of his Ziegfeld Follies.

July 7th, 1798

Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared Quasi-War, fought entirely at sea.

July 7th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British forces caught up with American troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga, capturing more than 200 men at the Battle of Hubbardton.

July 7th, 1456

Joan of Arc was declared innocent of heresy in a retrial twenty-five years after her death.

July 7th, 1898

US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

July 7th, 1892

The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.

July 7th, 1865

Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

July 7th, 1863

The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.

July 7th, 1846

US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California.

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

Born on July 7th, 1778

61

Beau Brummell

English man of fashion (1778-1840)

*July 7th, 1778, London †March 30th, 1840, Caen

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Who's birthday is on July 7th?

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

39

Sony Dwi Kuncoro

Indonesian badminton player

*July 7th, 1984, Surabaya

88

Søren Elung Jensen

Actor (1928-2017)

*July 7th, 1928, Odense †January 22nd, 2017, Hellerup

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

50

Gustav Mahler

Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911)

*July 7th, 1860, Kaliště †May 18th, 1911, Vienna

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

40

Li Li

Singaporean badminton player

*July 7th, 1983, People's Republic of China

37

Alamsyah Yunus

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1986, Jakarta

31

Kang Ji-wook

South Korean badminton player

*July 7th, 1992, Jeju

30

Tinn Isriyanet

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1993, Bangkok

32

Quebonafide

Polish rapper and singer-songwriter

*July 7th, 1991, Ciechanów

30

Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1993, Tangerang City

82

Camillo Golgi

Italian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate (1843-1926)

*July 7th, 1843, Corteno Golgi †January 21st, 1926, Pavia

47

Bérénice Bejo

Argentine-born French actress

*July 7th, 1976, Buenos Aires

76

Jon Pertwee

English actor (1919–1996)

*July 7th, 1919, Chelsea †May 20th, 1996, Connecticut

73

Georg von der Marwitz

German general (1856–1929)

*July 7th, 1856, Słupsk †October 27th, 1929, Unichowo

30

Ally Brooke

American singer

*July 7th, 1993, San Antonio

48

Daniela Ludwig

German politician (CSU)

*July 7th, 1975, Munich

54

Cree Summer

American actress

*July 7th, 1969, Los Angeles

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Born in 1778

50

Humphry Davy

British chemist

*December 17th, 1778, Penzance †May 29th, 1829, Geneva

71

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

French chemist and physicist (1778–1850)

*December 6th, 1778, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat †May 9th, 1850, Paris

63

Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle

Swiss botanist (1778–1841)

*February 4th, 1778, Geneva †September 9th, 1841, Geneva

72

José de San Martín

Argentine general and independence leader (1778–1850)

*February 25th, 1778, África †August 17th, 1850, Boulogne-sur-Mer

59

Agathon Jean François Fain

French historian (1778-1837)

*January 11th, 1778, Paris †September 16th, 1837, Paris

52

William Hazlitt

English essayist and writer

*April 10th, 1778, Maidstone †September 18th, 1830, London

65

Luigi Lodigiani

Italian bookbinder

*January 7th, 1778, Pontremoli †October 3rd, 1843, Milan

61

Fernando Sor

Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778-1839)

*February 13th, 1778, Barcelona †July 10th, 1839, Paris

67

Louis Bonaparte

King of the Netherlands, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, member of the House of Buonaparte (1778-1846)

*September 2nd, 1778, Ajaccio †July 25th, 1846, Livorno

58

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Austrian composer and pianist

*November 14th, 1778, Bratislava †October 17th, 1837, Weimar

75

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

German educator, writer and politician (1778-1852)

*August 11th, 1778, Lanz †October 15th, 1853, Freyburg

64

Bernardo O'Higgins

Chilean independence leader (1778-1842)

*August 20th, 1778, Chillán †October 24th, 1842, Lima

81

James Kirke Paulding

American writer (1778–1860)

*August 22nd, 1778, Pleasant Valley †April 6th, 1860, Hyde Park

77

Joseph Carrington Cabell

American politician

*December 28th, 1778, Amherst County †February 5th, 1856, Nelson County

69

Heinrich Luden

German historian (1778-1847)

*April 10th, 1778, Loxstedt †May 23rd, 1847, Jena

54

Richard Skinner

American politician (1778-1833)

*May 30th, 1778, Litchfield †May 23rd, 1833, Manchester

63

Ernst Wilhelm Arnoldi

German entrepreneur

*May 21st, 1778, Gotha †May 27th, 1841, Gotha

82

Rembrandt Peale

American painter (1778-1860)

*February 22nd, 1778, Bucks County †October 3rd, 1860, Philadelphia

73

Christian Friedrich Nasse

German physician and psychiatrist

*April 18th, 1778, Bielefeld †April 18th, 1851, Marburg

58

Joseph Grimaldi

English actor, comedian and dancer

*December 18th, 1778, London †May 31st, 1837, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1778 is a normal year and no leap year.

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