March 7th, 1780

Born on March 7th, 1780

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What happened on March 7th?

March 7th, 2009

Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

March 7th, 1968

Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area.

March 7th, 1965

Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday".

March 7th, 1945

World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion.

March 7th, 1941

The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.

March 7th, 1936

Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I.

March 7th, 1900

The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.

March 7th, 1871

José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history.

March 7th, 1850

United States senator Daniel Webster (pictured) delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state.

March 7th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon's army forced Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov's Russian troops to withdraw from the Chemin des Dames, but French casualties exceeded Russian losses.

March 7th, 1573

A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, ceding Cyprus from the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire.

March 7th, 0321

Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest.

March 7th, 0681

The Third Council of Constantinople deposes patriarch Macarius I of Antioch.

March 7th, 2007

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.

March 7th, 2006

The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.

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

Same year
Born in 1780

63

Johannes van den Bosch

Dutch general and statesman (1780–1844)

*February 2nd, 1780, Herwijnen †January 28th, 1844, The Hague

86

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

French painter (1780–1867)

*August 29th, 1780, Montauban †January 14th, 1867, Paris

58

Ranjit Singh

First Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (1780–1839))

*November 13th, 1780, Gujranwala †June 27th, 1839, Lahore Fort

51

Carl von Clausewitz

German-Prussian general and military theorist

*June 1st, 1780, Burg †November 16th, 1831, Wrocław

70

Richard Mentor Johnson

Vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841

*October 17th, 1780, Louisville †November 19th, 1850, Frankfort

64

Heinrich Friedrich Thomas Schmidt

*January 17th, 1780, Berlin †November 30th, 1844

44

Pauline Bonaparte

French princess

*October 20th, 1780, Ajaccio †June 9th, 1825, Florence

68

Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner

German chemist

*December 13th, 1780, Hof †March 24th, 1849, Jena

65

Bernardino Rivadavia

First President of Argentina (1780-1845)

*May 20th, 1780, Buenos Aires †September 2nd, 1845, Cádiz

63

Charles Nodier

French author (1780–1844)

*April 29th, 1780, Besançon †January 27th, 1844, Paris

81

Karl Nesselrode

Russian diplomat (1780-1862)

*December 14th, 1780, Lisbon †March 23rd, 1862, Saint Petersburg

77

Hinrich Lichtenstein

German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist (1780-1857)

*January 10th, 1780, Hamburg †September 3rd, 1857, Kiel

69

Angelica Catalani

Italian opera singer

*May 10th, 1780, Senigallia †June 13th, 1849, Paris

56

Hippolyte Bouchard

French navy officer

*January 15th, 1780, Bormes-les-Mimosas †January 4th, 1837, Palpa

67

Nicolai Wergeland

Father of the Constitution of Norway (1780-1848)

*November 9th, 1780, Hosanger †March 25th, 1848, Eidsvoll

35

Carlos de Montúfar

Spanish nobleman

*November 2nd, 1780, Quito †July 31st, 1816, Buga

75

August Leopold Crelle

German mathematician

*March 17th, 1780, Wriezen †October 6th, 1855, Berlin

83

Bartolomé Salom

General

*August 24th, 1780, Puerto Cabello †October 30th, 1863, Puerto Cabello

67

Thomas Chalmers

Scottish mathematician and leader of the Free Church of Scotlandl (1780-1847)

*March 17th, 1780, Anstruther †May 31st, 1847, Edinburgh

74

Goswin de Stassart

Belgian politician (1780-1854)

*September 2nd, 1780, Mechelen †October 10th, 1854, City of Brussels

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Leap year

Yes: 1780 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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