On March 7, history records 28 notable events, 154 famous births and 65 deaths, spanning the years 161 to 1850.
Events on this day include: Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. (161); Roman subjects in the province of Africa revolt against Maximinus Thrax and elect Gordian I as emperor. (238).
Notable people born on March 7 include Publius Septimius Geta (189), Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg (1437), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481).
Notable figures who died on this day include Antoninus Pius (161), Heraclianus (413), Nominoe (851).
Events on 7 March 28
See all →Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.
Roman subjects in the province of Africa revolt against Maximinus Thrax and elect Gordian I as emperor.
Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire.
Stephen Tempier, bishop of Paris, condemns 219 philosophical and theological theses.
A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman-Venetian War (1570-73) and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands.
Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.
Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand.
Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.
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Birthdays on 7 March 154
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Deaths on 7 March 65
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