March 7th, 1785

Born on March 7th, 1785

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on March 7th, 1785

88

Alessandro Manzoni

Italian poet and novelist (1785-1873)

*March 7th, 1785, Milan †May 22nd, 1873, Milan

Same year
Born in 1785

81

August Böckh

German classical scholar and antiquarian (1785-1867)

*November 24th, 1785, Karlsruhe †August 3rd, 1867, Berlin

53

Mahmud II

30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839

*July 20th, 1785, Constantinople †July 1st, 1839, Constantinople

80

William Jackson Hooker

English botanist and botanical illustrator (1785-1865)

*July 6th, 1785, Norwich †August 12th, 1865, Kew

65

John James Audubon

French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (1785–1851)

*April 26th, 1785, Les Cayes †January 27th, 1851, New York City

73

Bettina von Arnim

German writer and novelist (1785-1859)

*April 4th, 1785, Frankfurt †January 20th, 1859, Berlin

74

Thomas De Quincey

British author (1785-1859)

*August 15th, 1785, Manchester †December 8th, 1859, Edinburgh

51

Claude-Louis Navier

French engineer and physicist (1785–1836)

*February 10th, 1785, Dijon †August 21st, 1836, Paris

66

Johann Andreas Schmeller

German linguist (1785-1852)

*August 6th, 1785, Tirschenreuth †July 27th, 1852, Munich

42

Lady Caroline Lamb

English writer

*November 13th, 1785, Dorset †January 26th, 1828, London

63

Friedrich Kalkbrenner

German-born French pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer (1784-1849)

*November 8th, 1785, Kassel †June 10th, 1849, Enghien-les-Bains

53

Pierre Louis Dulong

French scientist (1785-1838)

*February 12th, 1785, Rouen †July 19th, 1838, Paris

87

Adam Sedgwick

English geologist (1785–1873)

*March 22nd, 1785, Dent †January 27th, 1873, Cambridge

81

Sarah Ann Glover

English music educator

*November 13th, 1785, Norwich †October 20th, 1867, Malvern

60

Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová

Czech writer

*January 31st, 1785, Všeradice †August 5th, 1845, Litomyšl

78

Adam Wilhelm Moltke

Danish politician (1785-1864)

*August 25th, 1785, Egebjerggård †February 15th, 1864, Copenhagen

87

Per Georg Scheutz

Swedish inventor and businessman (1785-1873)

*September 23rd, 1785, Jönköpings Kristina församling †May 22nd, 1873, Jakob and Johannes parish

60

Jean Charles Athanase Peltier

French physicist (1785-1845)

*February 22nd, 1785, Ham †October 27th, 1845, Paris

68

Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1831 to 1848

*February 20th, 1785, Sigmaringen †March 11th, 1853, Bologna

55

Ferdinand Olivier

German artist (1785-1841)

*April 1st, 1785, Dessau †February 11th, 1841, Munich

43

John Oxley

Australian politician

*January 1st, 1785, Kirkham †May 26th, 1828, Camden

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1785 is a normal year and no leap year.

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