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 38th 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.
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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.
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February 7 Historical Events
- 1497 –The bonfire of the vanities occurs in which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy.
- 1807 –Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau – Napoléon’s French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland.
- 1863 –HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
- 1894 –The Cripple Creek miner’s strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
- 1898 –Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse.
- 1904 –A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
- 1935 –The classic board game Monopoly is invented.
- 1948 –Sancheong-Hamyang massacre:Korean War
- 1962 –The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
- 1978 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Horse in Chinese astrology.
Who were born on February 7?
- 1102 –Empress Matilda, Princess of England and wife of Henry V of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1169)
- 1886 –Yehezkel Abramsky, Russian-born rabbi, head of the London Beth Din for 17 years (d. 1976)
- 1895 –Anita Stewart, American film actress (d. 1961)
- 1912 –Roberta McCain, mother of John McCain
- 1918 –Markey Robinson, Northern Irish painter (d. 1999)
- 1922 –Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
- 1934 –Earl King, American musician (d. 2003)
- 1970 –Stanley Roberts, American basketball player
- 1975 –Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 –Wes Borland, American guitarist (Limp Bizkit)
Who died on February 7?
- 1690 –William Morice, English royalist statesman
- 1693 –Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624)
- 1823 –Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (b. 1764)
- 1898 –John Reily Knox, Lawyer and founder of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity (b. 1820)
- 1942 –Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (b. 1876)
- 1952 –Pete Henry, American professional American football player and coach (b. 1897)
- 1963 –Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist (b. 1902)
- 2000 –Big Pun, Puerto Rican-American rapper (b. 1971)
- 2000 –Dave Peverett, English musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown) (b. 1943)
- 2000 –Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970)
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