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July 7 Historical Events

The following events took place on July 7. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 52 events. Showing 1 - 30.

  • 1124
    Tyre falls to the Crusaders.
  • 1456
    A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
  • 1520
    Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
  • 1534
    European colonization of the Americas: First known exchange between Europeans and natives of the Gulf of St. Lawrence in New Brunswick.
  • 1543
    French troops invade Luxembourg.
  • 1575
    Raid of the Redeswire, the last major battle between England and Scotland.
  • 1585
    The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
  • 1770
    The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
  • 1777
    American Revolutionary War: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
  • 1798
    As a result of the XYZ Affair, the U.S. Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the “Quasi-War”.
  • 1807
    Napoleonic Wars: The Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the War of the Fourth Coalition.
  • 1834
    In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
  • 1846
    Mexican–American War: American troops occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, thus beginning the U.S. acquisition of California.
  • 1863
    United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
  • 1865
    American Civil War: Four conspirators in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
  • 1892
    Katipunan: The Revolutionary Philippine Brotherhood is established, contributing to the fall of the Spanish Empire in Asia.
  • 1898
    U.S. President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
  • 1907
    Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
  • 1911
    The United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
  • 1915
    World War I: End of First Battle of the Isonzo.
  • 1915
    An International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15.
  • 1915
    Militia officer Henry Pedris executed by firing squad at Colombo, Ceylon - an act widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice by the British colonial authorities.
  • 1928
    Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor’s 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
  • 1930
    Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
  • 1930
    Death of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), creator of Sherlock Holmes.
  • 1937
    Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge: Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.
  • 1941
    World War II: U.S. forces land in Iceland, taking over from an earlier British occupation.
  • 1941
    World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
  • 1944
    World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan.
  • 1946
    Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.

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