October 7th, 1785

Born on October 7th, 1785

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What happened on October 7th?

October 7th, 1840

William II became King of the Netherlands after his father William I abdicated the throne.

October 7th, 2023

The military wing of the Palestinian nationalist Islamist political organization Hamas massacred people attending an open-air music festival in southern Israel.

October 7th, 2008

2008 TC3 exploded above the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in the first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted prior to atmospheric entry.

October 7th, 2006

Anna Politkovskaya (pictured), a Russian journalist and human-rights activist, was assassinated in the elevator of her apartment block in Moscow.

October 7th, 1991

Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army conducted an air strike on Banski Dvori, the official residence of the president of Croatia in Zagreb.

October 7th, 1988

Near Point Barrow in Alaska, an Iñupiat hunter discovered three gray whales trapped in pack ice, which resulted in an international effort to free them.

October 7th, 1985

During severe floods in Puerto Rico, about 130 people died as a result of the deadliest single landslide on record in North America.

October 7th, 1944

The Holocaust: Sonderkommando work-unit members in Auschwitz concentration camp revolted upon learning that they were due to be killed; although a few managed to escape, most were massacred on the same day.

October 7th, 1916

Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

October 7th, 1914

In a death that Rudolf Steiner terms a voluntary sacrifice and that inspires Edith Maryon's relief In Memory of Theo Faiss (pictured), seven-year-old Theo Faiss was crushed by an overturned horse wagon.

October 7th, 1878

The state funeral of Mindon Min (pictured), who ruled Myanmar for 25 years, took place; his death was reportedly preceded by strange omens, and his senior princes were unable to attend as they had all been arrested.

October 7th, 1868

Ōdate, the last castle of the Satake clan in Japan's Tōhoku region, was captured during the Boshin War.

October 7th, 1800

The French privateer Robert Surcouf led a 150-man crew to capture the 40-gun, 437-man East Indiaman Kent.

October 7th, 1780

American Revolutionary War: Patriots and Loyalist militias engaged each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.

October 7th, 1763

King George III issued a royal proclamation that forbade British settlement of much of newly acquired French territory in North America, reserving the land for indigenous peoples.

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

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

88

Alessandro Manzoni

Italian poet and novelist (1785-1873)

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

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

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Leap year

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

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