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Year 1403

Battle of Modon: Genoese fleet under Jean Le Maingre (Marshal Boucicaut) is defeated by the Republic of Venice at Modon in the Peloponnese.

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Year 1406

French troops comprising 1,000 men at arms landed on Jersey and fought a battle against 3,000 defenders.

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Year 1477

Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.

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Year 1513

Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.

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Year 1542

Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast.

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Year 1571

The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Ottoman Navy suffers its first defeat.

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Year 1582

Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

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Year 1691

The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.

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Year 1763

King George III of the United Kingdom issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.

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Year 1777

American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 1

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Birthdays on 7 October 217

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Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver

b. 1301 – d. 1339

Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (d. 1339)

Elizabeth of Luxembourg

b. 1409 – d. 1442

Elizabeth of Luxembourg (d. 1442)

Frederick I of Denmark

b. 1471 – d. 1533

Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)

Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden

b. 1474 – d. 1536

Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1536)

Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

b. 1482 – d. 1553

Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1553)

William Laud

b. 1573 – d. 1645

William Laud, English archbishop and academic (d. 1645)

John Marston (poet)

b. 1576 – d. 1634

John Marston, English poet and playwright (d. 1634)

Isaac Massa

b. 1586 – d. 1643

Isaac Massa, Dutch diplomat (d. 1643)

Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria

b. 1589 – d. 1631

Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (d. 1631)

Pierre Le Muet

b. 1591 – d. 1669

Pierre Le Muet, French architect (d. 1669)

Captain John Underhill

b. 1597 – d. 1672

Captain John Underhill, English settler and soldier (d. 1672)

Roger de Piles

b. 1635 – d. 1709

Roger de Piles, French painter (d. 1709)

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Deaths on 7 October 96

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Pope Mark

d. 336

Pope Mark

Emperor Montoku

d. 858 (b. 826)

Montoku, Japanese emperor (b. 826)

Charles the Simple

d. 929 (b. 879)

Charles the Simple, French king (b. 879)

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Empress Li (Later Jin)

d. 950

Li, Chinese empress consort

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Emperor Shizong of Liao

d. 951 (b. 919)

Shi Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 919)

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Empress Dowager Xiao (Shizong)

d. 951

Xiao, Chinese Khitan empress dowager

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Empress Zhen (Liao dynasty)

d. 951

Zhen, Chinese Khitan empress consort

Emperor Juntoku

d. 1242 (b. 1197)

Juntoku, Japanese emperor (b. 1197)

Ezzelino III da Romano

d. 1259

Ezzelino III da Romano, Italian ruler

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Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde

d. 1363 (b. 1304)

Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde (b. 1304)

Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence

d. 1368 (b. 1338)

Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician (b. 1338)

Jean Poton de Xaintrailles

d. 1461

Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, follower of Joan of Arc (b. c. 1390)

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