April 7th, 1831

Born on April 7th, 1831

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What happened on April 7th, 1831?

April 7th, 1831

Pedro II becomes Emperor of Empire of Brazil.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_II_of_Brazil

What else happened on April 7th?

April 7th, 2017

A hijacker deliberately drove a truck into crowds along Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people.

April 7th, 1995

First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of hundreds of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.

April 7th, 1994

Rwandan Civil War: The Rwandan genocide began a few hours after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, with hundreds of thousands killed in the following 100 days.

April 7th, 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War: Tanzanian forces defeated Ugandan troops and their Libyan allies at the Battle of Entebbe, opening the way for an advance on the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

April 7th, 1972

Communist forces overran the South Vietnamese town of Lộc Ninh.

April 7th, 1964

Reverend Bruce W. Klunder was killed by a bulldozer while he was protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

April 7th, 1949

The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, based on Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener, opened on Broadway.

April 7th, 1948

The United Nations established the World Health Organization to act as a coordinating authority on international public health.

April 7th, 1945

World War II: U.S. forces sank the Japanese battleship Yamato during Operation Ten-Go in the East China Sea.

April 7th, 1926

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt by Irishwoman Violet Gibson.

April 7th, 1896

An Arctic expedition led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (pictured) reached 86°13.6′N, almost three degrees beyond the previous Farthest North latitude.

April 7th, 1862

American Civil War: Union forces defeated Confederate troops at the Battle of Shiloh, the bloodiest battle in U.S. history at the time, in Hardin County, Tennessee.

April 7th, 1655

After a conclave lasting eighty days, the College of Cardinals elected Fabio Chigi as Pope Alexander VII (pictured).

April 7th, 2001

NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral.

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

Born on April 7th, 1831

40

Karl Friederichs

German classical archaeologist (1831-1871)

*April 7th, 1831, Delmenhorst †October 18th, 1871, Berlin

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Who's birthday is on April 7th?

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

67

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

61

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

French film producer

*April 7th, 1941, Chambéry †February 11th, 2003, Berlin

24

Jimena Riadigos

Argentinian Beach handball player

*April 7th, 2000, Mar del Plata

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

80

William Wordsworth

English Romantic poet (1770–1850)

*April 7th, 1770, Cockermouth †April 23rd, 1850, Rydal Mount

41

Franck Ribéry

French association football player

*April 7th, 1983, Boulogne-sur-Mer

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

85

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

*April 7th, 1939, Detroit

53

Veit Rosenberger

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 7th, 1963, Meckesheim †September 1st, 2016, Meckesheim

48

Kevin Alejandro

American actor and film director

*April 7th, 1976, San Antonio

62

Robert Wells

Swedish pianist, composer and singer

*April 7th, 1962, Stockholm

72

Clarke Peters

American actor, singer, writer and director

*April 7th, 1952, New York City

51

Bob Berg

American jazz saxophonist (1951–2002)

*April 7th, 1951, Brooklyn †December 5th, 2002, Amagansett

86

Doe Avedon

American actress and model (1925-2011)

*April 7th, 1925, Old Westbury †December 18th, 2011, Encino

68

Siegfried Schneider

German politician (1956–)

*April 7th, 1956, Hitzhofen

52

Kurt von Schleicher

German chancellor (1882-1934)

*April 7th, 1882, Brandenburg an der Havel †June 30th, 1934, Neubabelsberg

27

Oliver Burke

Scottish association football player (born 1997)

*April 7th, 1997, Kirkcaldy

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Born in 1831

87

Hedwig Dohm

German feminist, writer, and opinion journalist

*September 20th, 1831, Berlin †June 1st, 1919, Berlin

48

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

*June 13th, 1831, Edinburgh †November 5th, 1879, Cambridge

49

James A. Garfield

President of the United States in 1881

*November 19th, 1831, Moreland Hills †September 19th, 1881, Elberon

84

Adolf von Auer

German jurist

*March 22nd, 1831, Munich †January 14th, 1916, Munich

56

Frederick III, German Emperor

German Emperor (1831-1888)

*October 18th, 1831, Neues Palais in Potsdam †June 15th, 1888, Neues Palais in Potsdam

59

Helena Blavatsky

Russian occult writer

*August 12th, 1831, Dnipro †April 26th, 1891, London

76

Eugène Poubelle

French lawyer and diplomat (1831-1904)

*April 15th, 1831, Caen †July 15th, 1907, Paris

77

Pierre Petit

French photographer (1831–1909)

*August 15th, 1831, Aups †February 16th, 1909, 10th arrondissement of Paris

77

Victorien Sardou

French dramatist (1831-1908)

*September 7th, 1831, Paris †November 8th, 1908, Paris

63

Isma'il Pasha

Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 to 1879

*December 31st, 1831, Cairo †March 2nd, 1895, Istanbul

63

Hermann Hellriegel

German chemist

*October 21st, 1831, Mausitz †September 24th, 1895, Bernburg

57

Lucy Webb Hayes

First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881

*August 28th, 1831, Chillicothe †June 25th, 1889, Fremont

79

Wilhelm Raabe

German writer

*September 8th, 1831, Eschershausen †November 15th, 1910, Brunswick

84

Richard Dedekind

German mathematician (*1831 – †1916)

*October 6th, 1831, Brunswick †February 12th, 1916, Brunswick

73

Mélanie Calvat

French nun and marian visionary

*November 7th, 1831, Corps †December 15th, 1904, Altamura

59

Tommaso Maria Fusco

Italian Catholic priest (1831-1891)

*December 1st, 1831, Pagani †February 24th, 1891, Pagani

78

Paolo Mantegazza

Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1831-1910)

*October 31st, 1831, Monza †August 28th, 1910, San Terenzo

64

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar

Shah of Qajar Iran from 1848 to 1896

*July 16th, 1831, Tabriz †May 1st, 1896, Tehran

50

James Starley

British businessman

*April 21st, 1831, Albourne †June 17th, 1881, Coventry

61

Martha von Sabinin

Russian composer

*May 30th, 1831, Copenhagen †December 14th, 1892, Yalta

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