October 7th, 1847

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Born on October 7th, 1847 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 7th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 7th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1847)

Born on October 7th, 1847

Weekday

Thursday

October 7th, 1847 was a Thursday.

Age

176

People born on October 7th, 1847 will turn 177 this year (2024), in exactly 163 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1847 - October 23rd, 1847

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 64,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 514 days, exactly on September 23rd, 2025, people who were born on October 7th, 1847 will be 65,000 days old!

64,486 Days

9,212 Weeks

2,118 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on October 7th?

October 7th, 2023

2023 Hamas led_attack on Israel happened as Hamas attacked Israel starting the Israel–Hamas war

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

Japan captured Pohnpei from Germany, eventually leading to large-scale Japanese immigration to Micronesia.

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.

October 7th, 1571

Ottoman–Habsburg wars: The Battle of Lepanto was fought near the Gulf of Corinth, a significant setback for the Ottoman Empire and the last major naval battle fought entirely with galleys.

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

Born on October 7th, 1847

Emil Holub

Czech physician, explorer, cartographer and ethnographer (1847-1902)

*October 7th, 1847, Holice †February 21st, 1902, Vienna

Nathan Zuntz

German physiologist

*October 7th, 1847, Bonn †March 22nd, 1920, Berlin

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

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

James Whitcomb Riley

American poet from Indianapolis

*October 7th, 1849, Greenfield †July 22nd, 1916, Indianapolis

Niels Bohr

Danish physicist (1885–1962)

*October 7th, 1885, Copenhagen †November 18th, 1962, Copenhagen

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

Marie Heim-Vögtlin

First female Swiss doctor (1845-1916)

*October 7th, 1845, Bözen †November 7th, 1916, Zürich

Desmond Tutu

South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner (1931–2021)

*October 7th, 1931, Klerksdorp †December 26th, 2021, Cape Town

Joy Behar

American comedian, television host, actress and writer

*October 7th, 1942, Brooklyn

Dylan Baker

American actor

*October 7th, 1959, Syracuse

Trent Alexander-Arnold

English association football player

*October 7th, 1998, Liverpool

Jayne Torvill

English ice skater

*October 7th, 1957, Nottingham

Emil Claar

German intendant

*October 7th, 1842, Lviv †July 25th, 1930, Frankfurt

William J. White

American businessman and politician, Ohio

*October 7th, 1850, Rice Lake †February 16th, 1923, Cleveland

Gary Scott Thompson

American television producer

*October 7th, 1959, Pago Pago

Wilhelm Bartelmann

*October 7th, 1845, Bergedorf †July 25th, 1930, Rostock

Melinda Schneider

Australian singer

*October 7th, 1971, Sydney

Christiaan de Wet

Boer general (1854-1922)

*October 7th, 1854, Smithfield †February 3rd, 1922, Dewetsdorp

Heinrich Himmler

German Nazi politician; leader of the German SS and main architect of the Holocaust (1900–1945)

*October 7th, 1900, Munich †May 23rd, 1945, Lüneburg

Georg Leber

German politician (SPD) (1920-2012)

*October 7th, 1920, Obertiefenbach †August 21st, 2012, Schönau am Königsee

Harry Kroto

British chemist (1939-2016)

*October 7th, 1939, Wisbech †April 30th, 2016, Lewes

Felix Draeseke

German composer (1835-1913)

*October 7th, 1835, Coburg †February 26th, 1913, Dresden

Same year
Born in 1847

Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman (1847-1931)

*February 11th, 1847, Milan †October 18th, 1931, West Orange

Alexander Graham Bell

British-born American scientist and inventor (1847–1922)

*March 3rd, 1847, Edinburgh †August 2nd, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

*October 2nd, 1847, 6 Podgórna Street in Poznań †August 2nd, 1934, Ogrodzieniec

Max Bösenberg

German architect

*July 3rd, 1847, Leipzig †May 23rd, 1918, Leipzig

Bram Stoker

Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)

*November 8th, 1847, Clontarf †April 20th, 1912, St George's Square

Adolf von Hildebrand

German sculptor

*October 6th, 1847, Marburg †January 18th, 1921, Munich

Wilhelm Effmann

German architect and historian (1847–1917)

*September 14th, 1847, Essen †May 23rd, 1917, Bonn

Alajos Hauszmann

Architect

*June 9th, 1847, Buda †July 31st, 1926, Velence

Otto Wallach

German chemist

*March 27th, 1847, Königsberg †February 26th, 1931, Göttingen

Nikolay Zhukovsky

Russian scientist in mechanics and aerohydrodinamics

*January 5th, 1847, Orekhovo, Vladimir oblast †March 17th, 1921, Moscow

Jesse James

American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber

*September 5th, 1847, Kearney †April 3rd, 1882, St. Joseph

Karl Augustin

German priest (1847-1919)

*November 1st, 1847, Olbrachcice, Opole Voivodeship †September 16th, 1919, Wrocław

Joseph Pulitzer

Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and politician (1847-1911)

*April 10th, 1847, Makó †October 29th, 1911, Charleston

Annie Besant

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

*October 1st, 1847, Clapham †September 20th, 1933, Adyar

George Robert Sims

English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist (1847-1922)

*September 2nd, 1847, London Borough of Lambeth †September 4th, 1922, City of Westminster

Georges Sorel

French philosopher and sociologist

*November 2nd, 1847, Cherbourg †August 29th, 1922, Boulogne-Billancourt

Emil Ferdinand Fehling

German lawyer, civil law notary, historian and politician (1847-1927)

*August 3rd, 1847, Lübeck †August 3rd, 1927, Lübeck

Afonso Pena

6th president of brazil

*November 30th, 1847, Santa Bárbara †June 14th, 1909, Rio de Janeiro

Hristo Botev

Bulgarian poet and revolutionary

*December 25th, 1847, Kalofer †May 20th, 1876

Paul Alexis

Novelist, dramatist and journalist

*June 16th, 1847, Aix-en-Provence †July 28th, 1901, Levallois-Perret

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VII.X.MDCCCXLVII

7.10.1847

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1847 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1847

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October 7th, 1847

Born on October 7th, 1847

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 64,000 days old!

64,486 Days

9,212 Weeks

2,118 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 7th?

2023 Hamas led_attack on Israel happened as Hamas attacked Israel starting the Israel–Hamas war

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Japan captured Pohnpei from Germany, eventually leading to large-scale Japanese immigration to Micronesia.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Ottoman–Habsburg wars: The Battle of Lepanto was fought near the Gulf of Corinth, a significant setback for the Ottoman Empire and the last major naval battle fought entirely with galleys.

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

Born on October 7th, 1847

Czech physician, explorer, cartographer and ethnographer (1847-1902)

German physiologist

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

Same year Born in 1847

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 7th

Justina of Padua

Henry Muhlenberg (some Lutheran Churches, Episcopal Church of the USA)

Osgyth

Our Lady of the Rosary

Pope Mark

Sergius and Bacchus

October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Teachers' Day (Laos)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

7.10.1847

Legend

Leap year

Calendar October 1847

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 64,000 days old!

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

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Same year
Born in 1847

Calendar
October 1847

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