Events on 7 July 53
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Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.
Year 1575
The Raid of the Redeswire is the last major battle between England and Scotland.
Year 1770
The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
Year 1777
American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
Year 1798
As a result of the XYZ Affair, the U.S. Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
Year 1807
The Peace of Tilsit between France, Prussia and Russia ends the War of the Fourth Coalition.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 3
Birthdays on 7 July 165
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Eudoxia Epiphania
b. 611
Eudoxia Epiphania, daughter of Byzantine emperor Heraclius
Emperor Shirakawa
b. 1053 – d. 1129
Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1053)
Emperor Sutoku
b. 1119 – d. 1164
Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
Elizabeth of Hungary
b. 1207 – d. 1231
Elizabeth of Hungary (d. 1231)
Andrzej Krzycki
b. 1482 – d. 1537
Andrzej Krzycki, Polish archbishop (d. 1537)
Archduchess Anna of Austria
b. 1528 – d. 1590
Archduchess Anna of Austria (d. 1590)
John Sigismund Zápolya
b. 1540 – d. 1571
John Sigismund Zápolya, King of Hungary (d. 1571)
Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel
b. 1586 – d. 1646
Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1586)
John Leverett
b. 1616 – d. 1679
John Leverett, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1679)
Joseph Marie Jacquard
b. 1752 – d. 1834
Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
b. 1766 – d. 1815
Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (d. 1815)
Jane Elizabeth Conklin
b. 1831 – d. 1914
Jane Elizabeth Conklin, American poet and religious writer (d. 1914)
Deaths on 7 July 85
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Crescentius the Elder
d. 984
Crescentius the Elder, politician and aristocrat
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Haakon II of Norway
d. 1162
King Haakon II of Norway
Tile Kolup
d. 1285
Tile Kolup, German impostor claiming to be Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Pope Benedict XI
d. 1304 (b. 1240)
Pope Benedict XI (b. 1240)
Edward I of England
d. 1307 (b. 1239)
Edward I of England (b. 1239)
Momchil
d. 1345
Momchil, Bulgarian brigand
Tilman Riemenschneider
d. 1531 (b. 1460)
Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor (b. 1460)
William Turner (naturalist)
d. 1568 (b. 1508)
William Turner, British ornithologist and botanist (b. 1508)
Sigismund II Augustus
d. 1572 (b. 1520)
King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (d. 1572)
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
d. 1573 (b. 1507)
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù (d. 1573)
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Mohammed Bagayogo
d. 1593 (b. 1523)
Mohammed Bagayogo, Malian scholar and academic (b. 1523)
Thomas Lucy
d. 1600 (b. 1532)
Thomas Lucy, English politician (b. 1532)