According to Gregory calendar, January 07 is the day number 7 in a given year. January 07 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
Important Historical Events of 07 January in the World ⚡
Event Year | Incident/Event |
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1297 | Francesco Grimaldi, disguised as a monk, led his men to capture the fortress protecting the Rock of Monaco, establishing his family as the ruler of Monaco. |
1558 | Francis, Duke of Guise, retook Calais, England's last continental possession, for France. |
1610 | Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei made his first observationof the four Galilean moons through his telescope-Ganymede, Callisto, Ioand Europa, although he was not able to distinguish the latter two untilthe following day. |
1714 | Typewriter made by Henry Mill of England. |
1761 | The Afghan ruler Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas in the third battle of Panipat. |
1782 | First American Commercial Bank Bank of North America) opened. |
1785 | Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries Became the first to cross the English Channel by air, in a balloon. |
1789 | The American public voted for George Washington to be elected the country's first president. |
1789 | The United States presidential election, 1788–89, and the House of Representatives elections were held. |
1793 | Ebell riots began in Sweden. |
1797 | The first official Italian tricolour was adopted by the government of the Cispadane Republic. |
1890 | William B. Parvis received a patent for the invention of the fountain pen. |
1927 | The first trans-Atlantic commercial telephone service started from New York to London. |
1929 | Mother Teresa resumed work among the poor and diseased by reaching Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
1937 | Princess Juliana of the Netherlands married Prince Bernhard of Lippe Bysterford in The Hague. |
1940 | Winter War-The Finnish 9th Division stopped and completely destroyed the overwhelming Soviet forces on the Rate-Suomussalmi road. |
1943 | The famous American Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla, the father of Wi-Fi, died. |
1948 | Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell fatally crashed hisP-51 Mustang while in pursuit of a UFO near Fort Knox, Kentucky. |
1950 | 41 patients died in a fire at Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa City. |
1953 | US President Harry Truman announced the creation of the hydrogen bomb. |
1967 | Irfan Khan, who revived the characters of Hindi cinema, was born. |
1972 | A plane crash in Spain's Ibiza region killed 108 passengers, including six crew. |
1979 | The Vietnam People's Army captured the Cambodian capital city Phnom Penh, deposing Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, which marked the end of large-scale fighting in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. |
1980 | Three years after the Emergency, Indira Gandhi returned to power with an overwhelming majority. |
1985 | CellNet launches 2 UK cellular networks. |
1986 | US President Ronald Reagan announced an economic embargo against Libya. |
1989 | Akihito, the current Emperor of Japan, took the throne upon the death of his father Hirohito, who became known by the posthumous name Emperor Showa. |
1990 | For the first time in the last 800 years, Pisa's bowing tower was closed to the audience. |
1993 | The Fourth Republic of Ghana was inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as its president. |
1994 | South Africa beat Australia in the Sydney test match by 5 runs. |
1999 | Newt Gingrich was narrowly re-elected as the speaker of the house. |
2007 | Newly appointed Archbishop of Warsaw Stanislaw Wielgus Resigned amid allegations that he collaborated with the Polish communist government secret police. |
2009 | The prime minister of Russia Vladimir Putin endorses Russia's decision to turn off the gas suppliers to Europe through Ukraine. |
2010 | Muslim gunmen opened fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians leaving church after celebrating a midnight Christmas Mass, killing eight of them as well as one Muslim bystander. |
2011 | The International association football tournament the AFC Asian Cup, Officially opens in Qatar. |
2011 | In Tunisia, the youth protested for several days over political grievances and social problems which include the job market and purchase power. |
2012 | In New Zealand eleven people are killed when their hot air balloon collides with a power line and was crashed near Carterton. |
2012 | The dispute due to the fund issue leads to the closure of several Bosnia's cultural institutions. |
2013 | Barack Obama nominated US Republican Chuck Hagel to be the country's next Secretary of Defense. And John O. Brennan is nominated to the next CIA Director. |
2014 | Sheikh Hasina won the general election in Bangladesh. |
2015 | In Paris, two gunmen attacked the office of 'Charlie Abdo' magazine, killing 12 people and injuring 11 others. |
Important Historical Events of 07 January in India ⚡
Event Year | Incident/Event |
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2003 | Japan announced $ 90 million in aid to India for development work. |
Important Days of 07 January National & International Days 🏁
Day/Observance | Level |
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Rajim Bhaktin Mata Jayanti | National Day |
Famous People's Birthdays on 07 January 😀
Birth Year | Name/Category/Country |
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1935 | Shashikala Kakodkar / Politician / India |
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