What are the important events that happened on October 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 7 is the 280th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 24, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 488,832 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 ‘dihectaoctacontagon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 133 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 4,673 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 7 Historical Events
- 3761 BC –The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
- 1571 –The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet.
- 1691 –The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
- 1763 –George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.
- 1800 –French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août.
- 1840 –Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
- 1862 –Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia
- 1870 –Franco-Prussian War – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon.
- 1958 –The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
- 2001 –The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
Who were born on October 7?
- 1589 –Maria Magdalena of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1631)
- 1879 –Joe Hill, American Labor Activist and Poet (d. 1915)
- 1923 –Jean-Paul Riopelle, Québécois member of Les Automatistes (d. 2002)
- 1931 –Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and Nobel Laureate
- 1944 –Judee Sill, American musician (d. 1979)
- 1969 –Maria Whittaker, English model
- 1974 –Charlotte Nilsson, Swedish singer
- 1975 –Jamie Hector, American actor
- 1975 –Terry Gerin, American professional wrestler
- 1977 –Brandon Quinn, American actor
Who died on October 7?
- 336 –Pope Mark
- 1555 –Louis of Praet, Habsburg diplomat (b. 1488)
- 1612 –Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, dramatist, and diplomat, (b. 1538)
- 1637 –Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
- 1969 –Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
- 1993 –Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (b. 1910)
- 2001 –Herbert “Herblock” Block, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
- 2001 –Roger Gaudry, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director (b. 1913)
- 2007 –Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)
- 2010 –Milka Planinc, former PM of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
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