07 March - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on March 07, the day number in a year is 66 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 67. March 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.
March 07 in History - Top Historical Events
Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
161 | Following the death of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, MarcusAurelius and Lucius Verus agreed to become co-Emperors in anunprecedented arrangement in the Roman Empire. |
321 | Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring thesun god Sol Invictus, would be the Roman day of rest. |
1010 | Persian poet Ferdowsi completed his masterpiece, the Shahnameh,the national epic of Iran and related societies. |
1277 | Étienne Tempier, Bishop of Paris, promulgated a Condemnation of 219 philosophical and theological propositions that were being discussed at the University of Paris. |
1723 | The Revolt of Maupré 1723 began in Chile. |
1774 | Britain's Boston Port closed to all commercial activity. |
1798 | French forces invaded the Papal States and established the Roman Republic. |
1850 | In support of the Compromise of 1850, United States Senator Daniel Webster gave his 'Seventh of March' speech, which was so unpopular among his constituency he was forced to resign. |
1862 | American Civil War-Union forces engaged Confederate troops inPea Ridge, Arkansas, fighting to a victory one day later thatessentially cemented their control in Missouri. |
1871 | José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, became Prime Ministerof the Empire of Brazil, starting a four-year rule, the longest in thestate's history. |
1875 | The telegraph was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. |
1887 | The North Carolina General Assembly established North Carolina State University , today the largest university in North Carolina, as a land grant institution. |
1887 | North Carolina State University Carolina was established as a college of agricultural and mechanic arts. |
1906 | Finland got women the right to vote. |
1911 | Famous Hindi writer Sachchidananda Hiranand Vatsyayan Agyeya was born in Uttar Pradesh. |
1914 | Prussian William of Wied began his short reign as sovereignprince of the newly independent state of Albania. |
1916 | The German automobile company BMW was founded in Munich. |
1918 | French composer Claude Debbst died in Paris due to colorectal cancer. |
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. |
1939 | Armand Calinisu became the Prime Minister of Romania. |
1945 | World War II-In Operation Lumberjack, Allied forces seized the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine, enabling them to establish and expanda lodgement on German soil that changed the entire nature of theconflict on the Western Front. |
1952 | Sir Vivian Richders, an all-rounder from the West Indies, was born. He has 8,540 runs and 32 wickets in 121 Tests and 6,721 runs and 118 wickets in 187 ODIs. |
1959 | US pilot Melvin C. Garlov became the first pilot to cover a million miles with jets. |
1961 | Renowned freedom fighter and senior leader Govind Ballabh Pant died. |
1965 | African-American Civil Rights Movement-Civil rightsdemonstrators marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were brutallyattacked by police on Bloody Sunday. |
1969 | Israel had elected 70-year-old Golda Mayer as Prime Minister. |
1983 | The Seventh Non-Aligned Movement Summit began in New Delhi, India. |
1985 | The charity single 'We Are the World' by the supergroup USA for Africa was released, and would go on to sell over 20 million copies. |
1985 | The first antibody test for AIDS was the ELISA-type test. |
1992 | Micole Stevenson was the first person to break a world record in swimming back stroke of 200m in a time of (2:06:78) |
1993 | Todd Bridges, the famous actor, has been arrested for stabbing a tenant. |
1994 | 8th American Comedy Award has been announced. Carrot Top becomes the winner. |
1994 | The President of Liberia, Charles Taylor has resigned from his post. |
1995 | New York is the 38th state in the world to have the death penalty. |
1995 | The dollar reached a record height of 1.5330 CE guilders. |
2009 | The Kepler space observatory, designed to discover Earth-likeplanets orbiting other stars, was launched. |
2009 | Two off-duty soldiers of the British Army's 38 Engineer Regiment were shot dead by the Real IRA in Antrim town, Northern Ireland. |
2009 | NASA had released a telescope named Kepler from Cape Canaveral into space to explore Earth-like planets and life on them in the universe. |
2010 | Iraqi voters had taken part in parliamentary election. |
2010 | 82nd Academy Award: "Hurt Locker ", won by Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock. |
2011 | The most expensive painting ever auctioned in the world named, “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” made by Pablo Picasso, went to be displayed in London’s Tate gallery. |
2012 | The airline flights GPS system and powers grids will be disturbed by the largest solar flare, nears Earth, which occurs in five years, will be occurring on 6th March 2012. |
2013 | The running mate of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Kalanonzo Musyoka, claimed that the votes casted in presidential election of Kenya had been falsified. |
2014 | A study has announced today that high levels of vitamin D in the blood may increase the probability of the survival for breast cancer patients and hence gave a hope to the people for the survival. |
2015 | Five suicide bombings of terrorist organization Boko Haram in Maiduguri city of Nigeria killed 54 people and injured 143 people. |
2015 | 54 people were killed and 143 injured in a suicide bombing in the town of Maiduguri, Igeria. |
Famous Birthdays of March 07:
Year | Name / Profession / Country |
1913 | Dollard Ménard / General / Canada |
1811 | Increase A. Lapham / Author / United States of America |
1969 | Massimo Lotti / Footballer / Italy |
1957 | Robert Harris / Author / United Kingdom |
1904 | Ivar Ballangrud / Skater / Norway |
1947 | Helen Eadie / Politician / Scotland |
1885 | Milton Avery / Painter / United States of America |
1956 | Andrea Levy / Author / United Kingdom |
1556 | Guillaume du Vair / Author / France |
1911 | Sachchidananda Vatsyayan / Author / India |
1915 | Jacques Chaban-Delmas / Politician / France |
1984 | Mathieu Flamini / Footballer / France |
1979 | Rodrigo Braña / Footballer / Argentina |
1952 | Viv Richards / Cricketer / Caribbean |
1945 | Elizabeth Moon / Author / United States of America |
1963 | Mike Eagles / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
1837 | Henry Draper / Physician / United States of America |
1946 | Matthew Fisher / Writer / United Kingdom |
1902 | Heinz Rühmann / Actor / Germany |
1983 | Manucho / Footballer / Angola |
1954 | Eva Brunne / Bishop / Sweden |
1983 | Taylor Tankersley / Baseball Player / United States of America |
1973 | Sébastien Izambard / Producer / France |
1944 | Ranulph Fiennes / Soldier / United Kingdom |
1934 | Willard Scott / Actor / United States of America |
1922 | Olga Ladyzhenskaya / Academic / Russia |
1482 | Fray Thomas de San Martín / Prelate / Roman Republic |
1788 | Antoine César Becquerel / Biochemist / France |
1481 | Baldassare Peruzzi / Painter / Italy |
1964 | Bret Easton Ellis / Author / United States of America |
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