March 7th, 1871

Born on March 7th, 1871

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What happened on March 7th, 1871?

March 7th, 1871

José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Paranhos,_Viscount_of_Rio_Branco

What else happened on March 7th?

March 7th, 2009

Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

March 7th, 1968

Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area.

March 7th, 1965

Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday".

March 7th, 1945

World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion.

March 7th, 1941

The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.

March 7th, 1936

Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I.

March 7th, 1900

The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.

March 7th, 1850

United States senator Daniel Webster delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state.

March 7th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon's army forced Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov's Russian troops to withdraw from the Chemin des Dames, but French casualties exceeded Russian losses.

March 7th, 1573

A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, ceding Cyprus from the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire.

March 7th, 0321

Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest.

March 7th, 2007

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.

March 7th, 2006

The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.

March 7th, 1993

The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.

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

Born on March 7th, 1871

78

Georges Cloetens

Belgian inventor and organ maker (1871-1949)

*March 7th, 1871, City of Brussels †August 13th, 1949, Ixelles - Elsene

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

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

74

Karl von den Steinen

German physician, ethnologist, explorer, ancient Americanist and writer (1855-1929)

*March 7th, 1855, Mülheim an der Ruhr †November 4th, 1929, Kronberg im Taunus

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

71

Piet Mondrian

Dutch painter (1872–1944)

*March 7th, 1872, Amersfoort †February 1st, 1944, New York City

29

Fajar Alfian

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1995, Bandung City

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

62

Maurice Ravel

French composer (1875-1937)

*March 7th, 1875, Ciboure †December 28th, 1937, Paris

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung

54

Rachel Weisz

British actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

46

Rebecca Bellingham

New Zealand badminton player

*March 7th, 1978, Auckland

94

Elin Reimer

Danish actress (1928-2022)

*March 7th, 1928, Frederiksberg †September 17th, 2022, Virum

38

Kowi Chandra

Badminton player

*March 7th, 1986, Palembang

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

44

Ewald Christian von Kleist

German poet and noble

*March 7th, 1715, Cybulino, Koszalin County †August 24th, 1759, Frankfurt (Oder)

65

Donna Murphy

American actress, singer

*March 7th, 1959, New York City

49

Ulrica Persson

Swedish female cross-country skier

*March 7th, 1975, Torsby

63

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

French politician (born 1961)

*March 7th, 1961, 15th arrondissement of Paris

37

Hatem Ben Arfa

French association football player

*March 7th, 1987, Clamart

82

Michael Eisner

American business executive

*March 7th, 1942, New York City

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Born in 1871

51

Marcel Proust

French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)

*July 10th, 1871, 16th arrondissement of Paris †November 18th, 1922, 16th arrondissement of Paris

66

Ernest Rutherford

British physicist of New Zealand origin, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1908) (1871–1937)

*August 30th, 1871, Nelson †October 19th, 1937, Cambridge

47

Rosa Luxemburg

German-Polish Marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary, editor (1871–1919)

*March 5th, 1871, Zamość †January 15th, 1919, Berlin

64

Victor Grignard

French chemist (1871-1935)

*May 6th, 1871, Cherbourg †December 13th, 1935, 7th arrondissement of Lyon

128

Irene Alföldi

Hungarian singer and opera singer

*July 24th, 1871, Eger †January 1st, 2000

74

Theodore Dreiser

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

*August 27th, 1871, Terre Haute †December 28th, 1945, Hollywood

85

Émile Borel

French mathematician and politician

*January 7th, 1871, Saint-Affrique †February 3rd, 1956, Paris

76

Wilhelm von Opel

Member of the German Opel family

*May 15th, 1871, Rüsselsheim am Main †May 2nd, 1948, Wiesbaden

64

Grazia Deledda

Italian novelist (1871-1936)

*September 27th, 1871, Nuoro †August 15th, 1936, Rome

67

James Weldon Johnson

American writer and activist

*June 17th, 1871, Jacksonville †June 26th, 1938, Wiscasset

85

Maurice Garin

French cyclist

*March 3rd, 1871, Arvier †February 18th, 1957, Lens

54

Friedrich Ebert

German politician, president of Germany (1871-1925)

*February 4th, 1871, Heidelberg †February 28th, 1925, Berlin

93

Jan Fabricius

(1871-1964) Dutch playwright and writer

*September 30th, 1871, Assen †November 23rd, 1964, Wimborne Minster

47

Karl Liebknecht

German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League (1871-1919)

*August 13th, 1871, Leipzig †January 15th, 1919, Berlin

69

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon

British politician (1871-1940)

*January 8th, 1871, Belfast †November 24th, 1940, County Down

72

Emma Müllenhoff

German writer

*September 22nd, 1871, Kiel †April 14th, 1944, Bavaria

57

Segundo de Chomón

Spanish-French film director, cinematographer and animator (1871-1929)

*October 17th, 1871, Teruel †May 2nd, 1929, 20th arrondissement of Paris

68

Giuseppe Motta

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1871-1940)

*December 29th, 1871, Airolo †January 23rd, 1940, Bern

83

Cordell Hull

American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944

*October 2nd, 1871, Olympus †July 23rd, 1955, Bethesda

73

Paul Valéry

French poet, essayist, and philosopher (1871–1945)

*October 30th, 1871, Sète †July 20th, 1945, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1871 is a normal year and no leap year.

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