About February 7
February 7, 2024 is the 38th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 328 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 3 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On February 7
- 457 –Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1074 –Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio.
- 1301 –Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
- 1795 –The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 1807 –Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau – Napoléon’s French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
- 1819 –Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.
- 1856 –The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
- 1856 –The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the second piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot.
- 1898 –Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
- 1904 –A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
- 1907 –The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
- 1935 –The classic board game Monopoly is invented.
- 1940 –The second full length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
- 1944 –World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
- 1962 –The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
- 1974 –Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1979 –Pluto moves inside Neptune’s orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
- 1990 –Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
- 1991 –Haiti’s first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
- 1997 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Ox in Chinese astrology.
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