July 7th, 1840

Born on July 7th, 1840

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What happened on July 7th?

July 7th, 2016

A U.S. Army Reserve veteran ambushed and shot at police officers (memorial service pictured) in Dallas, Texas, killing five of them and injuring nine others, before being killed by a bomb attached to a police robot.

July 7th, 1991

Yugoslav Wars: The signing of the Brioni Agreement ended the Ten-Day War between SFR Yugoslavia and Slovenia.

July 7th, 1983

After writing a letter to Soviet premier Yuri Andropov, American schoolgirl Samantha Smith (pictured) visited the Soviet Union as Andropov's personal guest, becoming known as "America's Youngest Ambassador".

July 7th, 1963

The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest during the Buddhist crisis.

July 7th, 1937

The Peel Commission published a report stating that the League of Nations' Mandate for Palestine had become unworkable and recommended the partition of British-administered Mandatory Palestine into two states.

July 7th, 1911

Four countries signed the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, which banned the hunting of seals in the pelagic zone.

July 7th, 1907

Inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris, American impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged the first of his Ziegfeld Follies.

July 7th, 1798

Outraged by the XYZ Affair, the United States rescinded its treaties with France, resulting in the undeclared Quasi-War, fought entirely at sea.

July 7th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British forces caught up with American troops withdrawing from Ticonderoga, capturing more than 200 men at the Battle of Hubbardton.

July 7th, 1456

Joan of Arc was declared innocent of heresy in a retrial twenty-five years after her death.

July 7th, 1898

US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.

July 7th, 1892

The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.

July 7th, 1865

Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.

July 7th, 1863

The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.

July 7th, 1846

US troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the US conquest of California.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 7th?

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

82

Camillo Golgi

Italian physician, pathologist, scientist, and Nobel laureate (1843-1926)

*July 7th, 1843, Corteno Golgi †January 21st, 1926, Pavia

50

Gustav Mahler

Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911)

*July 7th, 1860, Kaliště †May 18th, 1911, Vienna

39

Sony Dwi Kuncoro

Indonesian badminton player

*July 7th, 1984, Surabaya

88

Søren Elung Jensen

Actor (1928-2017)

*July 7th, 1928, Odense †January 22nd, 2017, Hellerup

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

73

Georg von der Marwitz

German general (1856–1929)

*July 7th, 1856, Słupsk †October 27th, 1929, Unichowo

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

88

Felice Napoleone Canevaro

Italian politician and officer of Peruvian background (1838-1926)

*July 7th, 1838, Lima †December 30th, 1926, Venice

40

Li Li

Singaporean badminton player

*July 7th, 1983, People's Republic of China

37

Alamsyah Yunus

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1986, Jakarta

31

Kang Ji-wook

South Korean badminton player

*July 7th, 1992, Jeju

30

Tinn Isriyanet

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1993, Bangkok

32

Quebonafide

Polish rapper and singer-songwriter

*July 7th, 1991, Ciechanów

30

Rusydina Antardayu Riodingin

Badminton player

*July 7th, 1993, Tangerang City

76

Jon Pertwee

English actor (1919–1996)

*July 7th, 1919, Chelsea †May 20th, 1996, Connecticut

47

Bérénice Bejo

Argentine-born French actress

*July 7th, 1976, Buenos Aires

71

Ita Rina

Slovenian actress (1907-1979)

*July 7th, 1907, Divača †May 10th, 1979, Budva

30

Ally Brooke

American singer

*July 7th, 1993, San Antonio

Same year
Born in 1840

53

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian composer (1840–1893)

*April 25th, 1840, Votkinsk †October 25th, 1893, Malaya Morskaya Street, 13

86

Claude Monet

French painter (1840–1926)

*November 14th, 1840, Paris †December 5th, 1926, Giverny

78

Augusta Lundin

Swedish fashion designer

*June 13th, 1840, Kristianstad †February 20th, 1919, Stockholm

62

Émile Zola

French journalist, playwright and poet (1840–1902)

*April 2nd, 1840, Paris †September 29th, 1902, Paris

87

Thomas Hardy

English novelist and poet (1840–1928)

*June 2nd, 1840, Dorchester †January 11th, 1928, Dorchester

77

Auguste Rodin

French sculptor (1840–1917)

*November 12th, 1840, Paris †November 17th, 1917, Meudon

53

Georg von der Gabelentz

German linguist (1840-1893)

*March 16th, 1840, Poschwitz †December 11th, 1893, Berlin

67

Gustav von Hüfner

German chemist

*May 13th, 1840, Bad Köstritz †March 14th, 1908, Tübingen

87

Henry Birks

Canadian businessman

*November 30th, 1840, Montreal †April 16th, 1928, Montreal

63

Murad V

Ottoman Sultan

*September 21st, 1840, Topkapı Palace †August 29th, 1904, Çırağan Palace

57

Alphonse Daudet

French novelist

*May 13th, 1840, Nîmes †December 16th, 1897, Paris

64

Ernst Abbe

German physicist

*January 23rd, 1840, Eisenach †January 14th, 1905, Jena

81

John Boyd Dunlop

Scottish inventor

*February 5th, 1840, Dreghorn †October 23rd, 1921, Dublin

88

Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein (1840-1929)

*October 5th, 1840, Lednice Castle †February 11th, 1929, Valtice Castle

73

Arsène Arnaud Claretie

French writer, theatre administrator (1840-1913)

*December 3rd, 1840, Limoges †December 23rd, 1913, Paris

184

Gustave Ruiz

French composer

*March 6th, 1840, Nevers

81

Carl Menger

Founder of the Austrian School of economics

*February 23rd, 1840, Nowy Sącz †February 26th, 1921, Vienna

61

Edmond Audran

French composer

*April 12th, 1840, Lyon †August 17th, 1901, Tierceville

52

Henri Duveyrier

French explorer of the Sahara

*February 28th, 1840, Paris †April 25th, 1892, Sèvres

76

Hiram Stevens Maxim

American-born inventor (1840-1916)

*February 5th, 1840, Sangerville †November 24th, 1916, London

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Public holidays on July 7th

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Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1840 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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