October 7th, 1861

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Born on October 7th, 1861 – 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 1861)

Born on October 7th, 1861

Weekday

Monday

October 7th, 1861 was a Monday.

Age

162

People born on October 7th, 1861 will turn 163 this year (2024), in exactly 163 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1861 - October 23rd, 1861

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 628 days, exactly on January 15th, 2026, people who were born on October 7th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,372 Days

8,481 Weeks

1,950 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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Hours

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

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

Niels Bohr

Danish physicist (1885–1962)

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

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

James Whitcomb Riley

American poet from Indianapolis

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

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

Otto Anthes

German author

*October 7th, 1867, Michelbach †November 19th, 1954, Wiesbaden

Arnaldo Galliera

Italian composer and music educator

*October 7th, 1871, Milan †August 9th, 1934, Milan

Sietze Douwes van Veen

Dutch theologian (1856-1924)

*October 7th, 1856, Lemmer †August 22nd, 1924, Zeist

Gary Scott Thompson

American television producer

*October 7th, 1959, Pago Pago

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

Leonidas Paraskevopoulos

Greek politician and general

*October 7th, 1860, Kythnos †May 16th, 1936, Athens

Melinda Schneider

Australian singer

*October 7th, 1971, Sydney

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

Reid Shelton

American actor (1924-1997)

*October 7th, 1924, Salem †June 8th, 1997, Portland

Christiaan de Wet

Boer general (1854-1922)

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

Kira Kosarin

American actress and singer (born 1997)

*October 7th, 1997, Morristown

Same year
Born in 1861

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda

Nellie Melba

Australian opera singer

*May 19th, 1861, Melbourne †February 23rd, 1931, Sydney

Friedrich Simon Archenhold

German astronomer

*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, Berlin

Maximilian von Spee

German admiral

*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean

Georges Méliès

French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)

*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, Paris

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

*December 5th, 1861, Naples †February 29th, 1928, Rome

Marie von Miller

German painter (1861–1933)

*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg

Mehmed VI

Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, Sanremo

Franz Xaver Engelhart

German composer, priest and choir director

*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg

Johannes Angern

*June 13th, 1861, Germany †September 10th, 1938, Berlin

Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian (1861-1932)

*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino

Victor Horta

Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau

*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels

Rudolf Steiner

Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)

*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach

Lou Andreas-Salomé

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, Göttingen

Charles Édouard Guillaume

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, Sèvres

Pauline Johnson

Canadian poet and performer

*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, Vancouver

Luigi Facta

Italian politician (1861-1930)

*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, Pinerolo

José Rizal

Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)

*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, Manila

Ludwig Fulda

German writer

*November 30th, 1861, Frankfurt †March 30th, 1939, Berlin

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.MDCCCLXI

7.10.1861

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1861 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1861

October 1861

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October 7th, 1861

Born on October 7th, 1861

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 59,000 days old!

59,372 Days

8,481 Weeks

1,950 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

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

Same year Born in 1861

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

7.10.1861

Legend

Leap year

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October 1861

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1861

Calendar
October 1861

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
40		1	2	3	4	5	6
41	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
42	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
43	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
44	28	29	30	31