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Nov
7

On This Day

62 events  ·  96 deaths  ·  248 births

Events on 7 November 62

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Year 335

Athanasius is banished to Trier, on charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.

Year 680

The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.

Year 921

Treaty of Bonn: The Frankish kings Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship' (amicitia), to recognize their borders along the Rhine.

Year 1426

Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động - Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi.

Year 1492

The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.

Year 1619

Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.

Year 1665

The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.

Year 1775

John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.

Year 1786

The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.

Year 1811

Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.

Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 3

Birthdays on 7 November 248

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Constans II
b. 630 – d. 668
Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)
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Ibn Hazm
b. 994 – d. 1069
Ibn Hazm, Arabian philosopher and scholar (d. 1069)
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Ögedei Khan
b. 1186 – d. 1241
Ögedei Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1186)
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Simeon of Russia
b. 1316 – d. 1353
Simeon of Russia (d. 1353)
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Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine
b. 1456 – d. 1501
Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine, Princess of Bavaria-Landshut by birth (d. 1501)
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Georg Cracow
b. 1525 – d. 1575
Georg Cracow, German lawyer and politician (d. 1575)
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Francisco de Zurbarán
b. 1598 – d. 1664
Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter (d. 1664)
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Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux
b. 1619 – d. 1692
Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (d. 1692)
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John Robinson (bishop of London)
b. 1650 – d. 1723
John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (d. 1723)
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Anton thor Helle
b. 1683 – d. 1748
Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman, author, and translator (d. 1748)
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William Stukeley
b. 1687 – d. 1765
William Stukeley, English archaeologist and physician (d. 1765)
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Carlo Cecere
b. 1706 – d. 1761
Carlo Cecere, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1761)

Deaths on 7 November 96

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Cen Changqian
d. 691
Cen Changqian, official of the Tang Dynasty
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Ge Fuyuan
d. 691
Ge Fuyuan, official of the Tang Dynasty
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Zhu Shouyin
d. 927
Zhu Shouyin, general of Later Tang
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Uijong of Goryeo
d. 1173 (b. 1127)
Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (b. 1127)
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Engelbert II of Berg
d. 1225 (b. 1186)
Engelbert II of Berg, German archbishop and saint (b. 1186)
Philip II, Duke of Savoy
Philip II, Duke of Savoy
d. 1497 (b. 1438)
Philip II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1443)
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Jón Arason
d. 1550 (b. 1484)
Jón Arason, Icelandic bishop and poet (b. 1484)
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Jeanne de Jussie
d. 1561 (b. 1503)
Jeanne de Jussie, Swiss nun and writer (b. 1503)
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Maldeo Rathore
d. 1562 (b. 1511)
Maldeo Rathore, Rao of Marwar (b. 1511)
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Solomon Luria
d. 1574 (b. 1510)
Solomon Luria, Polish rabbi and educator (b. 1510)
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Richard Davies (bishop)
d. 1581 (b. 1505)
Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar (b. 1505)
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Gasparo Tagliacozzi
d. 1599 (b. 1546)
Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and educator (b. 1546)