February 7th, 1787

Born on February 7th, 1787

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 7th?

February 7th, 2005

President Ilham Aliyev issued a decree on the redenomination of Azerbaijan's currency, with 1 new manat equal to 5000 old manats.

February 7th, 2014

Researchers announced the discovery of the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa, at more than 800,000 years old.

February 7th, 1999

Abdullah II became the reigning King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan following the death of his father King Hussein.

February 7th, 1997

Steve Jobs returned to Apple Inc. as a consultant after the company's acquisition of his technology startup NeXT.

February 7th, 1865

The trustees of Seattle enacted an ordinance that expelled Native Americans from the newly incorporated town.

February 7th, 1995

Ramzi Yousef, one of the main perpetrators of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the bombing of Philippine Airlines Flight 434, was arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.

February 7th, 1994

Having retired four months earlier, American basketball player Michael Jordan signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox to play baseball.

February 7th, 1992

The Maastricht Treaty, which led to the formation of the European Union, was signed by the member states of the European Communities.

February 7th, 1991

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army shelled 10 Downing Street with mortars in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister John Major.

February 7th, 1986

President of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier fled the country after a popular uprising, ending 28 years of one-family rule in the nation.

February 7th, 1984

During the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-B, astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart performed the first untethered spacewalk (pictured).

February 7th, 1948

Neil Harvey became the youngest Australian to score a century in Test cricket.

February 7th, 1943

World War II: Japan successfully withdrew its troops from Guadalcanal.

February 7th, 1940

Walt Disney's Pinocchio, the first animated feature to win a competitive Academy Award, debuted at the Center Theatre in New York City.

February 7th, 1914

Kid Auto Races at Venice, featuring the first appearance of comedy actor Charlie Chaplin's character the Tramp, was released.

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

Same year
Born in 1787

63

Louis Daguerre

French photographer, inventor of Daguerrotype (1787–1851)

*November 18th, 1787, Cormeilles-en-Parisis †July 10th, 1851, Bry-sur-Marne

84

Michele Carafa

Italian opera composer

*November 17th, 1787, Naples †July 26th, 1872, Paris

39

Joseph von Fraunhofer

Bavarian physicist and optical lens manufacturer

*March 6th, 1787, Straubing †June 7th, 1826, Munich

81

Jan Evangelista Purkyně

Czech biologist, physiologist, doctor, inventor and politician (1787–1869)

*December 17th, 1787, Libochovice †July 28th, 1869, Prague

64

Nangklao

Third king of Siam of the Chakri Dynasty

*March 31st, 1787, Grand Palace †April 2nd, 1851, Bangkok

44

Rasmus Rask

Danish linguist

*November 22nd, 1787, Brændekilde †November 14th, 1832, Copenhagen

77

Christian Ludwig Brehm

German pastor and ornithologist (1787-1864)

*January 24th, 1787, Schönau vor dem Walde †June 23rd, 1864, Renthendorf

87

Guillaume Henri Dufour

Swiss army officer, bridge engineer and topographer (1787-1875)

*September 15th, 1787, Constance †July 14th, 1875, Eaux-Vives

79

Adolf Martin Pleischl

Austrian chemist (1787-1867)

*October 10th, 1787, Horní Planá †July 31st, 1867, Dorf an der Enns

75

John J. Crittenden

U.S. Attorney General and politician from Kentucky (1787-1863)

*September 10th, 1787, Versailles †July 26th, 1863, Frankfort

69

Jakob Friedrich Binder

German assessor and politician (1787-1856)

*April 25th, 1787, Oberferrieden †December 26th, 1856, Nuremberg

63

Alexander Alyabyev

Russian composer

*August 4th, 1787, Tobolsk †February 22nd, 1851, Moscow

67

John Davis

Massachusetts congressman and governor (1787-1854)

*January 13th, 1787, Northborough †April 19th, 1854, Worcester

39

Friedrich Krupp

German entrepreneur

*July 17th, 1787, Essen †October 8th, 1826, Essen

73

Leopold von Rauch

(1787-1860)

*February 27th, 1787, Königsberg †November 26th, 1860, Třebívlice

75

Heinrich Adam

German painter (1787–1862)

*January 1st, 1787, Nördlingen †January 1st, 1862, Munich

82

Louis Jacques Maurice de Bonald

Catholic cardinal (1787-1870)

*October 30th, 1787, Millau †February 23rd, 1870, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

66

Carl Carl

Austrian actor (1787-1854)

*November 7th, 1787, Kraków †August 14th, 1854, Bad Ischl

51

Johannes Christiaan Schotel

19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1787-1838)

*November 11th, 1787, Dordrecht †December 21st, 1838, Dordrecht

36

Pierre Antoine Delalande

French naturalist, with the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, was sent 1818 to South Africa in order to find animals and plants at the Cape of Good Hope, returned to France 1820 bringing 800-900 living plants.

*March 27th, 1787, Versailles †June 27th, 1823, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1787 is a normal year and no leap year.

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