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Historical Events on March 7

Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented pol

Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire

English King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by Pope Clement VII

English King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by Pope Clement VII

Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone in the US

This history of the telephone chronicles the development of the electrical telephone, and includes a brief overview of its predecessors.

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen announces his team was the first to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911, 34 days

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen announces his team was the first to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911, 34 days before British explorer Robert Falcon Scott

German dictator Adolf Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops into the demilitarized Rhineland

German dictator Adolf Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops into the demilitarized Rhineland

"Mirror," a Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and starring Margarita Terekhova and Ignat Daniltsev, is released

Mirror is a 1975 Soviet avant-garde drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and written by Tarkovsky and Aleksandr Misharin.

First jazz record is released on a 78 by the Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company ("Dixie

First jazz record is released on a 78 by the Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company ("Dixie Jazz Band One Step" on one side, "Livery Stable Blues" on the other)

Despite being only 17 years old, Brazilian soccer star Neymar makes his professional debut for Santos

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, simply known as Neymar Júnior (shortened to Neymar Jr) or mononymously as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a...

Comedian Oliver Hardy (48) marries film assistant Virginia Lucille Jones (30)

Comedian Oliver Hardy (48) marries film assistant Virginia Lucille Jones (30)

Former vocalist of "Babado Novo" Claudia Leitte (26) weds Marcio Pedreira at Hotel Convento do Carmo in Salvador, Brazil

Former vocalist of "Babado Novo" Claudia Leitte (26) weds Marcio Pedreira at Hotel Convento do Carmo in Salvador, Brazil

Actor Johhny Depp and Lori Depp divorce after 2 years of marriage

John Christopher Depp II is an American actor, musician, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as...

Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king

The Hohenstaufen dynasty, also known as the Staufer, was a noble family of German origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079, and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle...

Condemnation of 219 philosophical and theological theses by Stephen Tempier, Bishop of Paris

Condemnation of 219 philosophical and theological theses by Stephen Tempier, Bishop of Paris

Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, North Africa

Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, North Africa

Turkey and Venice sign a peace treaty

Turkey and Venice sign a peace treaty

John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies

John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies

Prince Frederick Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg

Prince Frederick Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg

Massachusetts establishes 1st two-chamber legislature in colonies

Massachusetts establishes 1st two-chamber legislature in colonies

English King William III departs Netherlands

English King William III departs Netherlands

The French army enters Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic

The Directory (also called Directorate; French: le Directoire [diʁɛktwaʁ] ) was the system of government established by the French Constitution of 1795.

The Royal Institution of Great Britain founded; dedicated to scientific research and education.

The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often the Royal Institution, abbreviated Ri or RI) is an organisation for scientific education and research, based in the City of Westminster.

Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law

Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law

Portugal's Prince Regent John VI arrives in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, also known simply as Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.

Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous ca

Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous castrato Giovanni Battista Velluti singing

Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England, is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a futu

Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England, is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand

US Senate confirms John McLean as associate justice of the US Supreme Court

US Senate confirms John McLean as associate justice of the US Supreme Court

HMS Beagle returns from Concepcion to Valparaiso

HMS Beagle returns from Concepcion to Valparaiso

1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office

1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office

US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz, Mexico

US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz, Mexico

In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed

Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S.

Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends

Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends

Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law

Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law

Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes

Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes

Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs

Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs

US Civil War: Battle of Pea Ridge (aka Elkhorn Tavern) (Arkansas), Day 2, Confederate Generals Ben McCulloch & James McI

US Civil War: Battle of Pea Ridge (aka Elkhorn Tavern) (Arkansas), Day 2, Confederate Generals Ben McCulloch & James McIntosh killed

-10] Battles around Kinston, North Carolina

-10] Battles around Kinston, North Carolina

Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East

Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East

-8°F (-22°C) in Boston, Massachusetts

The 1872 Boston Red Stockings season was the second season of the franchise. They won the National Association championship. Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 39–8 to win the...

Southern University opens in New Orleans

Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.

North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly.

North Carolina State University was founded by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1887 as a land-grant college under the name North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees

The Battle of Poplar Grove (Afrikaans: Slag van Modderrivierpoort) was an incident on 7 March 1900 during the Second Boer War in South Africa.

Boers beat British troops at Tweebosch, Transvaal

In the Battle of Tweebosch or De Klipdrift on 7 March 1902, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey defeated a British column under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Methuen during the final...

Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor

Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stands before the city council and announces that "women are not physically fit to operate

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stands before the city council and announces that "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles"

US sends 20,000 troops to Mexican border

US sends 20,000 troops to Mexican border

Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania

During the collapse of the Principality of Albania that began in 1914, there were two pro-Ottoman revolts by Albanian Muslim insurgents. The first revolt was the Peasant Revolt, also known as the...

H Carroll & J McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!" premieres in NYC

H Carroll & J McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!" premieres in NYC

American Negro Congress organizes

The American Negro Labor Congress was established in 1925 by the Communist Party as a vehicle for advancing the rights of African Americans, propagandizing for communism within the black community...

1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)

1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)

Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan

Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan

Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball

Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball

Riots at Ford factory in Dearborn, Michigan, 4 killed

The Ford Hunger March, sometimes called the Ford Massacre, was a demonstration on March 7, 1932, in the United States by at least 3000 unemployed auto workers in Detroit, Michigan during the height...

Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR

Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR

Glamour magazine begins publishing

Glamour magazine begins publishing

Montreal Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home

The Montreal Canadiens (French: Canadiens de Montréal, lit. 'Canadians of Montreal'), officially Club de hockey Canadien (lit. 'Canadian hockey club') and colloquially known as the Habs, are a...

3rd largest snowfall then in NYC history (18.1")

3rd largest snowfall then in NYC history (18.1")

15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta

15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta

Japan begins offensive in Burma

The fighting in the Burma campaign in 1944 was among the most severe in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II.

Attack on car of Netherlands SS Police Chief Hans Rauter by Dutch resistance, Rauter injured

Attack on car of Netherlands SS Police Chief Hans Rauter by Dutch resistance, Rauter injured

The Kuomintang and Communist Party of China resume full-fledged Civil War.

The Kuomintang and Communist Party of China resume full-fledged Civil War.

The Dodecanese islands officially become part of Greece again, ending Italian rule

The Dodecanese islands officially become part of Greece again, ending Italian rule

Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy & P Kennedy (USA)

Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy & P Kennedy (USA)

South African cricket opening batsman Jackie McGlew scores an unbeaten 255 in 1st Test win against New Zealand in Wellin

South African cricket opening batsman Jackie McGlew scores an unbeaten 255 in 1st Test win against New Zealand in Wellington

Russia wins their 1st international ice hockey competition

Russia wins their 1st international ice hockey competition

Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo

Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo

1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow)

1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow)

Dutch Builders strike for CLA

Dutch Builders strike for CLA

Ground-breaking report "Smoking and Health" published by the British Royal College of Physicians, first major report to

Ground-breaking report "Smoking and Health" published by the British Royal College of Physicians, first major report to warn of the dangers of smoking

US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...

Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1

Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)

The BBC broadcasts the news for the first time in color on television

The BBC broadcasts the news for the first time in color on television

USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan

USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan

Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)

Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)

Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire

Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire

Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory

Luboš Kohoutek was a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, including Comet Kohoutek which was visible to the naked eye in 1973. He also discovered a large number of planetary...

"USS Monitor", Union Ship sunk in 1862 during US Civil War, restored at Cape Hatteras

USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, becoming the first such ship commissioned by the Navy.

Morocco & Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections

The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is a Pakistani political party with a centre-left political position and a democratic socialist ideology.

Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped

Baron Charles Victor Bracht (7 January 1915 – 7 March 1978) was a Belgian businessman who founded the multinational industrial conglomerate, N.V.

Baseball exhibition season opens with semi-pro & amateur umpires

Baseball exhibition season opens with semi-pro & amateur umpires

First homicide at Disneyland, 18-year-old Mel Yorba is stabbed to death during a fight with James O'Driscoll after alleg

First homicide at Disneyland, 18-year-old Mel Yorba is stabbed to death during a fight with James O'Driscoll after allegedly pinching his girlfriend’s bottom

Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)

Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)

Balkan Bulgarian Airlines flight 013 is hijacked by four men with knives demanding to fly to Vienna, Austria

Balkan Bulgarian Airlines flight 013 is hijacked by four men with knives demanding to fly to Vienna, Austria

CIA employes attack San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua

Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi).

IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released

IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released

South-Africa emergency crisis in Brabant & Limburg ends

South-Africa emergency crisis in Brabant & Limburg ends

Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs

Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs

Colombia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty

Colombia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty

3 passengers killed & 162 injured as subway train derails (Philadelphia)

3 passengers killed & 162 injured as subway train derails (Philadelphia)

Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait

Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait

Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)

Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)

Diff'rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant

Diff'rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant

NY becomes 38th state to have the death penalty

NY becomes 38th state to have the death penalty

British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order

British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order

Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome, and Stockholm are selected as finalists to host the 2004 Olympics

Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome, and Stockholm are selected as finalists to host the 2004 Olympics

New Democracy wins the national elections in Greece

At a national level, Greece holds elections for its legislature, the Hellenic Parliament.

Mass protest outside the National Assembly of Kuwait building for women's voting rights in Kuwait

Mass protest outside the National Assembly of Kuwait building for women's voting rights in Kuwait

British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England.

"Crazy Girl" single released by Eli Young Band (ACM Awards Song of the Year 2012, Billboard Song of the Year 2011)

"Crazy Girl" is a song recorded by the Eli Young Band, an American country music group. It was released in March 2011 as the fifth single of their career, and the first from their album Life at Best.

Hilary Mantel is awarded the 2013 David Cohen Prize for literature

Dame Hilary Mary Mantel was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. Her first published novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, was released in 1985.

54 people are killed & 143 are wounded by 5 Boko Haram suicide bombings in Maiduguri city, Nigeria

Boko Haram, officially known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad (JAS, Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, romanised: Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, lit. 'Group of the...

19 girls killed in a fire at a government-run care center in San José Pinula, Guatemala

19 girls killed in a fire at a government-run care center in San José Pinula, Guatemala

Chinese telecommunications company Huawei sues the US government over a federal ban on its products

Huawei Corporation (sometimes stylized as HUAWEI; HWAH-way; Chinese: 华为; pinyin: ) is a Chinese multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong.

Explosions at a military base in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, likely from faulty storage of dynamite, kills at least 98 and

Explosions at a military base in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, likely from faulty storage of dynamite, kills at least 98 and injures over 400 [1]

Global death toll from Covid-19 passes 6 million according to Johns Hopkins figures, with 57% of the world's population

Global death toll from Covid-19 passes 6 million according to Johns Hopkins figures, with 57% of the world's population fully vaccinated [1]

1.28 million people protest in nationwide demonstrations throughout France against government plans tp raise the pension

1.28 million people protest in nationwide demonstrations throughout France against government plans tp raise the pension age from 62 to 64 [1]

More than 300 children kidnapped from their school in Kuriga town, northwest Nigeria, the latest in a run of kidnappings

More than 300 children kidnapped from their school in Kuriga town, northwest Nigeria, the latest in a run of kidnappings to the area [1]

Famous Births on March 7

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Rob Roy is born

Rob Roy is born

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Nicéphore Niépce is born

Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, known for french inventor, was born on 1765-03-07. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was a French inventor and one of the pioneers of photography.

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John Herschel is born

John Herschel, English polymath, known for english polymath, was born on 1792-03-07.

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Amanda Gorman is born

Amanda Gorman poet and activist, known for american poet and activist, was born on 1999-03-07.

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Anna Magnani is born

Anna Magnani, Italian actress, known for italian actress, was born on 1908-03-07. Anna Maria Magnani was an Italian actress.

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Bryan Cranston is born

Bryan Cranston, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1957-03-07. Bryan Lee Cranston is an American actor.

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Wanda Sykes is born

Wanda Sykes, American comedian and actress, known for american comedian and actress, was born on 1965-03-07. Wanda Yvette Sykes is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer.

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Rachel Weisz is born

Rachel Weisz, English actress, known for british actress, was born on 1971-03-07. Rachel Hannah Weisz is an English actress.

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Maurice Ravel is born

Maurice Ravel, French musician, known for french composer, was born on 1875-03-07. Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor.

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Viv Richards is born

Viv Richards athlete, known for west indian cricketer, was born on 1953-03-07. Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards is a retired Antiguan cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between…

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Tom Lehman is born

Tom Lehman, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1960-03-07. Thomas Edward Lehman is an American professional golfer.

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Ivan Lendl is born

Ivan Lendl, American athlete, known for czech and american tennis player, was born on 1961-03-07. Ivan Lendl is a Czech–American former professional tennis player and coach.

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Joe Carter is born

Joe Carter, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1961-03-07. Joseph Chris Carter is an American former professional baseball player.

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Henry Draper is born

Henry Draper, American doctor and amateur astronomer, known for american doctor and amateur astronomer, was born on 1837-03-07.

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Tomáš Masaryk is born

Tomáš Masaryk, Czech founding father of czechoslovakia, known for founding father of czechoslovakia, was born on 1850-03-07.

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Reinhard Heydrich is born

Reinhard Heydrich, German high-ranking nazi official, known for german high-ranking nazi official, was born on 1904-03-07.

Notable Deaths on March 7

Frequently Asked Questions

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Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire
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English King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by Pope Clement VII
What happened on March 7, 1876?
This history of the telephone chronicles the development of the electrical telephone, and includes a brief overview of its predecessors.
What happened on March 7, 1912?
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen announces his team was the first to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911, 34 days before British explorer Robert Falcon Scott
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German dictator Adolf Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops into the demilitarized Rhineland

Complete Timeline — March 7 Through the Ages

  1. Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented pol

    Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, an unprecedented political arrangement in the Roman Empire

  2. Conrad II von Hohenstaufen re-elected German king

    The Hohenstaufen dynasty, also known as the Staufer, was a noble family of German origin that rose to rule the Duchy of Swabia from 1079, and to royal rule in the Holy Roman Empire during the Middle...

  3. Thomas Aquinas dies

    Thomas Aquinas, Dominican dominican theologian and philosopher, known for italian dominican theologian and philosopher, died on 1274-03-07. Thomas Aquinas ( ə-KWY-nəs; Italian: Tommaso d'Aquino, lit.

  4. Condemnation of 219 philosophical and theological theses by Stephen Tempier, Bishop of Paris

    Condemnation of 219 philosophical and theological theses by Stephen Tempier, Bishop of Paris

  5. English King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by Pope Clement VII

    English King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by Pope Clement VII

  6. Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, North Africa

    Christian fleet under Gian Andrea lands at Djerba, North Africa

  7. Turkey and Venice sign a peace treaty

    Turkey and Venice sign a peace treaty

  8. John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies

    John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies

  9. Prince Frederick Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg

    Prince Frederick Henry appoints himself viceroy of Limburg

  10. Massachusetts establishes 1st two-chamber legislature in colonies

    Massachusetts establishes 1st two-chamber legislature in colonies

  11. Rob Roy is born

    Rob Roy is born

  12. English King William III departs Netherlands

    English King William III departs Netherlands

  13. Nicéphore Niépce is born

    Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, known for french inventor, was born on 1765-03-07. Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was a French inventor and one of the pioneers of photography.

  14. John Herschel is born

    John Herschel, English polymath, known for english polymath, was born on 1792-03-07.

  15. The French army enters Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic

    The Directory (also called Directorate; French: le Directoire [diʁɛktwaʁ] ) was the system of government established by the French Constitution of 1795.

  16. The Royal Institution of Great Britain founded; dedicated to scientific research and education.

    The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often the Royal Institution, abbreviated Ri or RI) is an organisation for scientific education and research, based in the City of Westminster.

  17. Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law

    Massachusetts enacts first state voter registration law

  18. Portugal's Prince Regent John VI arrives in Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, also known simply as Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.

  19. Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous ca

    Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous castrato Giovanni Battista Velluti singing

  20. Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England, is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a futu

    Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England, is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand

  21. US Senate confirms John McLean as associate justice of the US Supreme Court

    US Senate confirms John McLean as associate justice of the US Supreme Court

  22. HMS Beagle returns from Concepcion to Valparaiso

    HMS Beagle returns from Concepcion to Valparaiso

  23. Henry Draper is born

    Henry Draper, American doctor and amateur astronomer, known for american doctor and amateur astronomer, was born on 1837-03-07.

  24. 1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office

    1st Catholic governor in US, Edward Kavanagh of Maine, takes office

  25. US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz, Mexico

    US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz, Mexico

  26. In Hawaii, Great Mahele (division of lands) signed

    Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S.

  27. Tomáš Masaryk is born

    Tomáš Masaryk, Czech founding father of czechoslovakia, known for founding father of czechoslovakia, was born on 1850-03-07.

  28. Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends

    Poll tax levied on Russo-Polish Jews entering Austrian Galicia ends

  29. Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law

    Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law

  30. Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes

    Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes

  31. Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs

    Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs

  32. US Civil War: Battle of Pea Ridge (aka Elkhorn Tavern) (Arkansas), Day 2, Confederate Generals Ben McCulloch & James McI

    US Civil War: Battle of Pea Ridge (aka Elkhorn Tavern) (Arkansas), Day 2, Confederate Generals Ben McCulloch & James McIntosh killed

  33. -10] Battles around Kinston, North Carolina

    -10] Battles around Kinston, North Carolina

  34. Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East

    Cincinnati Red Stockings, 1st pro BB team, begin 8-mo tour of Midwest & East

  35. -8°F (-22°C) in Boston, Massachusetts

    The 1872 Boston Red Stockings season was the second season of the franchise. They won the National Association championship. Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 39–8 to win the...

  36. Maurice Ravel is born

    Maurice Ravel, French musician, known for french composer, was born on 1875-03-07. Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor.

  37. Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone in the US

    This history of the telephone chronicles the development of the electrical telephone, and includes a brief overview of its predecessors.

  38. Southern University opens in New Orleans

    Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.

  39. North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly.

    North Carolina State University was founded by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1887 as a land-grant college under the name North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

  40. Battle at Poplar Grove South Africa, President Kruger flees

    The Battle of Poplar Grove (Afrikaans: Slag van Modderrivierpoort) was an incident on 7 March 1900 during the Second Boer War in South Africa.

  41. Boers beat British troops at Tweebosch, Transvaal

    In the Battle of Tweebosch or De Klipdrift on 7 March 1902, a Boer commando led by Koos de la Rey defeated a British column under the command of Lieutenant General Lord Methuen during the final...

  42. Reinhard Heydrich is born

    Reinhard Heydrich, German high-ranking nazi official, known for german high-ranking nazi official, was born on 1904-03-07.

  43. Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor

    Finnish Senate accepts universal suffrage, except for poor

  44. Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stands before the city council and announces that "women are not physically fit to operate

    Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stands before the city council and announces that "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles"

  45. Anna Magnani is born

    Anna Magnani, Italian actress, known for italian actress, was born on 1908-03-07. Anna Maria Magnani was an Italian actress.

  46. US sends 20,000 troops to Mexican border

    US sends 20,000 troops to Mexican border

  47. Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen announces his team was the first to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911, 34 days

    Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen announces his team was the first to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911, 34 days before British explorer Robert Falcon Scott

  48. Pauline Johnson dies

    Pauline Johnson dies

  49. Prince Wilhelm von Wied becomes King of Albania

    During the collapse of the Principality of Albania that began in 1914, there were two pro-Ottoman revolts by Albanian Muslim insurgents. The first revolt was the Peasant Revolt, also known as the...

  50. First jazz record is released on a 78 by the Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company ("Dixie

    First jazz record is released on a 78 by the Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company ("Dixie Jazz Band One Step" on one side, "Livery Stable Blues" on the other)

  51. H Carroll & J McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!" premieres in NYC

    H Carroll & J McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!" premieres in NYC

  52. American Negro Congress organizes

    The American Negro Labor Congress was established in 1925 by the Communist Party as a vehicle for advancing the rights of African Americans, propagandizing for communism within the black community...

  53. 1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)

    1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)

  54. Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan

    Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan

  55. Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball

    Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball

  56. Riots at Ford factory in Dearborn, Michigan, 4 killed

    The Ford Hunger March, sometimes called the Ford Massacre, was a demonstration on March 7, 1932, in the United States by at least 3000 unemployed auto workers in Detroit, Michigan during the height...

  57. Aristide Briand dies

    Aristide Briand, French statesman, known for french statesman, died on 1932-03-07.

  58. German dictator Adolf Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops into the demilitarized Rhineland

    German dictator Adolf Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops into the demilitarized Rhineland

  59. Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR

    Bucharin, Jagoda & Rykov pushed out of CPSU in USSR

  60. Glamour magazine begins publishing

    Glamour magazine begins publishing

  61. Comedian Oliver Hardy (48) marries film assistant Virginia Lucille Jones (30)

    Comedian Oliver Hardy (48) marries film assistant Virginia Lucille Jones (30)

  62. Montreal Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home

    The Montreal Canadiens (French: Canadiens de Montréal, lit. 'Canadians of Montreal'), officially Club de hockey Canadien (lit. 'Canadian hockey club') and colloquially known as the Habs, are a...

  63. 3rd largest snowfall then in NYC history (18.1")

    3rd largest snowfall then in NYC history (18.1")

  64. 15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta

    15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta

  65. Japan begins offensive in Burma

    The fighting in the Burma campaign in 1944 was among the most severe in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II.

  66. Attack on car of Netherlands SS Police Chief Hans Rauter by Dutch resistance, Rauter injured

    Attack on car of Netherlands SS Police Chief Hans Rauter by Dutch resistance, Rauter injured

  67. The Kuomintang and Communist Party of China resume full-fledged Civil War.

    The Kuomintang and Communist Party of China resume full-fledged Civil War.

  68. The Dodecanese islands officially become part of Greece again, ending Italian rule

    The Dodecanese islands officially become part of Greece again, ending Italian rule

  69. Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy & P Kennedy (USA)

    Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy & P Kennedy (USA)

  70. South African cricket opening batsman Jackie McGlew scores an unbeaten 255 in 1st Test win against New Zealand in Wellin

    South African cricket opening batsman Jackie McGlew scores an unbeaten 255 in 1st Test win against New Zealand in Wellington

  71. Viv Richards is born

    Viv Richards athlete, known for west indian cricketer, was born on 1953-03-07. Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards is a retired Antiguan cricketer who represented the West Indies cricket team between…

  72. Russia wins their 1st international ice hockey competition

    Russia wins their 1st international ice hockey competition

  73. Bryan Cranston is born

    Bryan Cranston, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1957-03-07. Bryan Lee Cranston is an American actor.

  74. Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo

    Chicago Cardinals announce they will play their 1958 opener in Buffalo

  75. 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow)

    1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow)

  76. Dutch Builders strike for CLA

    Dutch Builders strike for CLA

  77. Tom Lehman is born

    Tom Lehman, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1960-03-07. Thomas Edward Lehman is an American professional golfer.

  78. Ivan Lendl is born

    Ivan Lendl, American athlete, known for czech and american tennis player, was born on 1961-03-07. Ivan Lendl is a Czech–American former professional tennis player and coach.

  79. Joe Carter is born

    Joe Carter, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1961-03-07. Joseph Chris Carter is an American former professional baseball player.

  80. Ground-breaking report "Smoking and Health" published by the British Royal College of Physicians, first major report to

    Ground-breaking report "Smoking and Health" published by the British Royal College of Physicians, first major report to warn of the dangers of smoking

  81. Wanda Sykes is born

    Wanda Sykes, American comedian and actress, known for american comedian and actress, was born on 1965-03-07. Wanda Yvette Sykes is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer.

  82. US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

    The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...

  83. Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1

    Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)

  84. The BBC broadcasts the news for the first time in color on television

    The BBC broadcasts the news for the first time in color on television

  85. USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan

    USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan

  86. Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)

    Ice Dance Championship at Ljubljana won by Pakhomova & Gorshkov (URS)

  87. Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire

    Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire

  88. Rachel Weisz is born

    Rachel Weisz, English actress, known for british actress, was born on 1971-03-07. Rachel Hannah Weisz is an English actress.

  89. Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory

    Luboš Kohoutek was a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, including Comet Kohoutek which was visible to the naked eye in 1973. He also discovered a large number of planetary...

  90. "USS Monitor", Union Ship sunk in 1862 during US Civil War, restored at Cape Hatteras

    USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, becoming the first such ship commissioned by the Navy.

  91. "Mirror," a Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and starring Margarita Terekhova and Ignat Daniltsev, is released

    Mirror is a 1975 Soviet avant-garde drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and written by Tarkovsky and Aleksandr Misharin.

  92. Morocco & Mauretania break diplomatic relations with Algeria

    Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

  93. Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party wins elections

    The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is a Pakistani political party with a centre-left political position and a democratic socialist ideology.

  94. Belgian baron Charles Bracht kidnapped

    Baron Charles Victor Bracht (7 January 1915 – 7 March 1978) was a Belgian businessman who founded the multinational industrial conglomerate, N.V.

  95. Baseball exhibition season opens with semi-pro & amateur umpires

    Baseball exhibition season opens with semi-pro & amateur umpires

  96. First homicide at Disneyland, 18-year-old Mel Yorba is stabbed to death during a fight with James O'Driscoll after alleg

    First homicide at Disneyland, 18-year-old Mel Yorba is stabbed to death during a fight with James O'Driscoll after allegedly pinching his girlfriend’s bottom

  97. Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)

    Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)

  98. Balkan Bulgarian Airlines flight 013 is hijacked by four men with knives demanding to fly to Vienna, Austria

    Balkan Bulgarian Airlines flight 013 is hijacked by four men with knives demanding to fly to Vienna, Austria

  99. CIA employes attack San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua

    Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising 130,370 km2 (50,340 sq mi).

  100. IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released

    IBM-PC DOS Version 3.1 (update) released

  101. Actor Johhny Depp and Lori Depp divorce after 2 years of marriage

    John Christopher Depp II is an American actor, musician, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as...

  102. South-Africa emergency crisis in Brabant & Limburg ends

    South-Africa emergency crisis in Brabant & Limburg ends

  103. Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs

    Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs

  104. Colombia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty

    Colombia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty

  105. 3 passengers killed & 162 injured as subway train derails (Philadelphia)

    3 passengers killed & 162 injured as subway train derails (Philadelphia)

  106. Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait

    Iraq continues to explode oil fields in Kuwait

  107. Cool Papa Bell dies

    Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 1991-03-07.

  108. Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)

    Nicole Stevenson swims world record 200m backstroke (2:06.78)

  109. Diff'rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant

    Diff'rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant

  110. NY becomes 38th state to have the death penalty

    NY becomes 38th state to have the death penalty

  111. British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order

    British Steel in Workington wins Lithuanian multi-million pound order

  112. Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome, and Stockholm are selected as finalists to host the 2004 Olympics

    Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome, and Stockholm are selected as finalists to host the 2004 Olympics

  113. Amanda Gorman is born

    Amanda Gorman poet and activist, known for american poet and activist, was born on 1999-03-07.

  114. Stanley Kubrick dies

    Stanley Kubrick, American filmmaker and photographer, known for american filmmaker and photographer, died on 1999-03-07.

  115. New Democracy wins the national elections in Greece

    At a national level, Greece holds elections for its legislature, the Hellenic Parliament.

  116. Mass protest outside the National Assembly of Kuwait building for women's voting rights in Kuwait

    Mass protest outside the National Assembly of Kuwait building for women's voting rights in Kuwait

  117. Former vocalist of "Babado Novo" Claudia Leitte (26) weds Marcio Pedreira at Hotel Convento do Carmo in Salvador, Brazil

    Former vocalist of "Babado Novo" Claudia Leitte (26) weds Marcio Pedreira at Hotel Convento do Carmo in Salvador, Brazil

  118. British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected

    The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England.

  119. Despite being only 17 years old, Brazilian soccer star Neymar makes his professional debut for Santos

    Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, simply known as Neymar Júnior (shortened to Neymar Jr) or mononymously as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a...

  120. "Crazy Girl" single released by Eli Young Band (ACM Awards Song of the Year 2012, Billboard Song of the Year 2011)

    "Crazy Girl" is a song recorded by the Eli Young Band, an American country music group. It was released in March 2011 as the fifth single of their career, and the first from their album Life at Best.

  121. Hilary Mantel is awarded the 2013 David Cohen Prize for literature

    Dame Hilary Mary Mantel was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. Her first published novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, was released in 1985.

  122. 54 people are killed & 143 are wounded by 5 Boko Haram suicide bombings in Maiduguri city, Nigeria

    Boko Haram, officially known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad (JAS, Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, romanised: Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, lit. 'Group of the...

  123. 19 girls killed in a fire at a government-run care center in San José Pinula, Guatemala

    19 girls killed in a fire at a government-run care center in San José Pinula, Guatemala

  124. Chinese telecommunications company Huawei sues the US government over a federal ban on its products

    Huawei Corporation (sometimes stylized as HUAWEI; HWAH-way; Chinese: 华为; pinyin: ) is a Chinese multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong.

  125. Explosions at a military base in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, likely from faulty storage of dynamite, kills at least 98 and

    Explosions at a military base in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, likely from faulty storage of dynamite, kills at least 98 and injures over 400 [1]

  126. Global death toll from Covid-19 passes 6 million according to Johns Hopkins figures, with 57% of the world's population

    Global death toll from Covid-19 passes 6 million according to Johns Hopkins figures, with 57% of the world's population fully vaccinated [1]

  127. 1.28 million people protest in nationwide demonstrations throughout France against government plans tp raise the pension

    1.28 million people protest in nationwide demonstrations throughout France against government plans tp raise the pension age from 62 to 64 [1]

  128. More than 300 children kidnapped from their school in Kuriga town, northwest Nigeria, the latest in a run of kidnappings

    More than 300 children kidnapped from their school in Kuriga town, northwest Nigeria, the latest in a run of kidnappings to the area [1]

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