October 7th, 1793

Born on October 7th, 1793

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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 1793

47

George Green

British mathematical physicist (*1793 – †1841)

*July 14th, 1793, Nottingham †May 31st, 1841, Nottingham

50

Casimir Delavigne

French poet and dramatist (1793-1843)

*April 4th, 1793, Le Havre †December 11th, 1843, Lyon

82

Ferdinand I of Austria

Austrian emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1793-1875)

*April 19th, 1793, Vienna †June 29th, 1875, Prague

87

Friedrich Harkort

German industrialist (1793-1880)

*February 25th, 1793, Haus Harkorten †March 6th, 1880, Hombruch

83

Juan Manuel de Rosas

Argentine politician (1793-1877)

*March 30th, 1793, Buenos Aires †March 14th, 1877, Southampton

76

Jacob de Kempenaer

Dutch politician (1793-1870)

*July 6th, 1793, Amsterdam †February 12th, 1870, Arnhem

54

James Dunlop

Australian astronomer (1793–1848)

*October 31st, 1793, Scotland †September 22nd, 1848, New South Wales

69

Dost Mohammad Khan

First Emir of Afghanistan (1823-1863)

*December 23rd, 1793, Kandahar †June 9th, 1863, Herat

87

Michel Chasles

French mathematician (*1793 – †1880)

*November 15th, 1793, Épernon †December 18th, 1880, Paris

65

Agostino Codazzi

Italian scientist, geographer and cartographer (1793-1859)

*July 12th, 1793, Lugo †February 7th, 1859, Agustín Codazzi

60

Friedrich Traugott Friedemann

German educator and archivist (1793-1853)

*March 31st, 1793, Stolpen †May 2nd, 1853, Idstein

79

Karl Zell

German classical philologist (1793-1873)

*April 8th, 1793, Mannheim †January 24th, 1873, Freiburg im Breisgau

49

Karl Seydelmann

German actor (1793–1843)

*April 24th, 1793, Kłodzko †March 17th, 1843, Berlin

76

Karl Wilhelm Göttling

German classical philologist (1793–1869)

*January 19th, 1793, Jena †January 20th, 1869, Jena

73

Eugène Walckiers

French composer

*July 22nd, 1793, Avesnes-sur-Helpe †September 1st, 1866, Paris

60

Johannes Cornelis de Jonge

Dutch author

*May 9th, 1793, Zierikzee †June 12th, 1853, Rijswijk

64

Jean Claude Eugène Péclet

French physicist (1793-1857)

*February 10th, 1793, Besançon †December 6th, 1857, former 11th arrondissement of Paris

83

Nicolas Anne Théodule Changarnier

French general (1793-1877)

*April 26th, 1793, Autun †February 14th, 1877, Paris

72

Charles Lock Eastlake

English painter, gallery director, collector and writer (1793-1865)

*November 17th, 1793, Plymouth †December 24th, 1865, Pisa

64

Johann Langer

Austrian author

*April 7th, 1793, Vienna †January 29th, 1858, Vienna

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No: With 365 days 1793 is a normal year and no leap year.

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