What are the important events that happened on February 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 7: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 7 is the 38^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 327 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 25, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 483,024 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘triacontaoctagon’ day.

Aquarius is the zodiac 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 375 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,431 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 7 Historical Events

• 1074 –
  Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio.
• 1783 –
  American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• 1812 –
  The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri.
• 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.
• 1944 –
  World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.
• 1974 –
  Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1986 –
  Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.
• 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.
• 2008 –
  New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rat in Chinese astrology.

Who were born on February 7?

• 1885 –
  Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
• 1895 –
  Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)
• 1909 –
  Amedeo Guillet, former officer of the Italian Army (d. 2010)
• 1909 –
  Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian
• 1909 –
  Wilhelm Freddie, Danish painter (d. 1995)
• 1922 –
  Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
• 1929 –
  Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean filmmaker
• 1943 –
  Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
• 1974 –
  Danny Goffey, British musician (Supergrass)
• 1986 –
  Pippa Wilson, British professional sailor

Who died on February 7?

• 1603 –
  Hermann Wilken, German humanist and mathematician (b. 1522)
• 1736 –
  Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)
• 1898 –
  John Reily Knox, Lawyer and founder of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity (b. 1820)
• 1919 –
  William Halford, American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1980 –
  Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (b. 1904)
• 2000 –
  Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (b. 1943)
• 2000 –
  Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947)
• 2000 –
  Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970)
• 2005 –
  Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
• 2008 –
  Tamara Desni, German-born British actress (b. 1913)