November 7th, 1778

Born on November 7th, 1778

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What 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, 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.

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.

November 7th, 1975

In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Major General Ziaur Rahman.

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

52

José Félix Bogado

Argentinian military personnel

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

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

76

Vuk Karadžić

Serbian philologist and linguist

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

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

81

James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline

British politician (1776-1858)

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

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 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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