07 October - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on October 07, the day number in a year is 280 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 281. October 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.
October 07 in History - Top Historical Events
Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
1200 | Isabella of Angoulême was crowned queen consort of England at the age of twelve, after having married King John two weeks earlier. |
1513 | War of the League of Cambrai-A Venetian army under Bartolomeod'Alviano was decisively defeated by the Spanish army commanded byRamón de Cardona and Fernando d'Avalos. |
1542 | Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo became the firstEuropean to set foot on Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of California. |
1571 | A Western Christian coalition inflicted a significant defeat upon the Ottoman Navy near the Gulf of Corinth in the Battle of Lepan to,the first major Ottoman loss to European powers. |
1586 | The Mughal army entered Kashmir. |
1702 | Captured British and Dutch troops led by Marlborough. |
1708 | The tenth Sikh Guru Govind Singh Ji was assassinated. |
1714 | People rioted in Alkmar, Netherlands due to tax on beer. |
1737 | Three hundred thousand people died in Bengal when a 20 thousand small ship sank 40 feet below the sea. |
1763 | Following Great Britain's acquisition of New France after theend of the Seven Years' War, King George III issued a RoyalProclamation closing most of this land to the residents of the ThirteenColonies. |
1763 | The Proclamation of 1763 by George III of Great Britain, the Land of the North in North America and the White Settlement west of the Alleghenies. |
1765 | The Stamp Act Congress was held in New York. |
1777 | The Americans defeated the British at the Second Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Bemis Heights. |
1780 | The British Army was defeated by the American Militia near Kings Mountain, South Carolina. |
1800 | The French privateer Robert Surcouf led a 150-man crew tocapture the 40-gun, 437-man East Indiaman Kent. |
1840 | Willem II became King of the Netherlands. |
1840 | Willem II became King of the Netherlands. |
1841 | Queen's University, established by Thomas Liddell in the Rev. City of Kingston, Ontario, acting as the Royal Charter of Queen Victoria, became the first principal of the school. |
1849 | American writer Edgar Allan Poe died under mysteriouscircumstances at Washington Medical College four days after being foundon the streets of Baltimore, Maryland, in a delirious and incoherentstate. |
1868 | Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, was inaugurated, withan initial enrollment of 412 students the next day. |
1886 | Spain ended slavery with Cuba. |
1916 | A zoo has been set up in the city of Taronga, Sydney, in which no cage for animals is made. |
1919 | KLM, the oldest airline in the world still operating under itsoriginal name, was founded. |
1921 | Texas’ state officials are contemplating a ban on processions by the Ku Klux Klan because of the clans provocation of violence against any non Americans including Negroes and Jews. |
1933 | Five French airline companies merged to form Air France. |
1937 | The American magazine Women's Day was first published. |
1942 | The government of Britain and the U.S declare the establishment of the United Nations. |
1942 | The United States and the British government announced the establishment of the United Nations. |
1944 | The Holocaust-When members of the Sonderkommando—Jewish workunits in Auschwitz—learned that they were due to be murdered, theystaged a revolt, managing to kill more than 70 SS men before beingmassacred themselves. |
1949 | East Germany became a separate country with the Democratic government coming into existence. |
1950 | Mother Teresa established the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. |
1950 | Agate Pass Bridge opened to traffic in Washington State. |
1952 | Chandigarh was made the capital of Punjab. |
1958 | Attempting to control the political instability in Pakistan,President Iskander Mirza suspended the 1956 constitution, imposedmartial law, and cancelled the elections scheduled for January 1959. |
1959 | The hidden part of the moon was photographed by the Soviet Union spacecraft Lunar-3. |
1963 | The first sample Learjet, a mass produced business jet takes off in Wichita, Kansas on its first test flight. |
1976 | Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao Zedong as Chairman of the CommunistParty of China. |
1977 | The Soviet Union adopted the Fourth Constitution. |
1978 | India's famous fast bowler Zaheer Khan was born. |
1987 | Sikh nationalists declared independence of Khalistan from India. |
1992 | Rapid Action Force was established. It was specifically formed to sympathetically and expertly deal with communal riots. |
1993 | The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood came to an endafter 103 days, as the Mississippi River at St. Louis finally droppedbelow flood stage. |
2000 | England plays its last match at the old Wembley stadium before it is demolished. The match is taking place between old rivals England and West Germany. |
2000 | Human cloning declared a punishable offense in Japan. |
2001 | War on Terrorism-The War in Afghanistan began with an aerialbombing campaign targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. |
2005 | The UN International Atomic Energy Agency along with its Director General Mohamed El Baradei have been awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for their continuous struggles to control the spread of dangerous atomic weapons. |
2006 | Russian journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskayawas assassinated in the elevator of her apartment block in centralMoscow. |
2009 | The sighting of a new ring around Saturn has been confirmed. |
2010 | The United States of America apologizes to Pakistan for a helicopter strike on a Pakistan Army border post that led to the death of 3 soldiers. |
2011 | The Nobel Prize in Peace was announced to Libyan President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, women rights activist Leimeh Jiboi and Tawakul Karaman of Yemen. |
2012 | Sudanese military’s aircraft, Antonov An-12 crashes in Khartoum which leads to the death of around 13 of the 22 people travelling. |
2013 | Typhoon Fitow makes arrival in the Chinese province of Fujian, which led to the death of 2 people. |
2014 | Hiroshi Amano, Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura win the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for creating the blue light emitting diodes. |
Famous Birthdays of October 07:
Year | Name / Profession / Country |
1983 | Dwayne Bravo / Cricketer / Trinidad and Tobago |
1962 | Dave Bronconnier / Politician / Canada |
1955 | Yo-Yo Ma / Educator / United States of America |
1769 | Solomon Sibley / Lawyer / United States of America |
1988 | Lauren Mayberry / Singer / Scotland |
1952 | Vladimir Putin / Politician / Russia |
1979 | Shawn Ashmore / Actor / Canada |
1984 | Toma Ikuta / Actor / Japan |
1885 | Claud Ashton Jones / Admiral / United States of America |
1972 | Marlou Aquino / Basketball Player / Philippines |
1957 | Jayne Torvill / Figure Skater / United Kingdom |
1927 | R. D. Laing / Author / Scotland |
1990 | Sebastián Coates / Footballer / Uruguay |
1909 | Anni Blomqvist / Author / Finland |
1919 | Georges Duby / Author / France |
1937 | Maria Szyszkowska / Academic / Poland |
1975 | Damian Kulash / Writer / United States of America |
1988 | Diego da Silva Costa / Footballer / Brazil |
1983 | Flying Lotus / Rapper / United States of America |
1920 | Jack Rowley / Footballer / United Kingdom |
1953 | Tico Torres / Drummer / United States of America |
1929 | Robert Westall / Author / United Kingdom |
1849 | James Whitcomb Riley / Poet / United States of America |
1967 | Toni Braxton / Writer / United States of America |
1923 | Jean-Paul Riopelle / Painter / Canada |
1982 | Robby Ginepri / Tennis Player / United States of America |
1910 | Henry Plumer McIlhenny / Art Collector / United States of America |
1957 | Michael W. Smith / Actor / United States of America |
1900 | Heinrich Himmler / Politician / Germany |
1904 | Armando Castellazzi / Footballer / Italy |
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