May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). There are 238 days remaining. Jump to: navigation, search The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nowadays nearly everywhere in the world. ... A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ...

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Events

• 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders the dome rebuilt.
• 1429 - Joan of Arc leads a French attack on English bridgeheads on the south side of the Loire River.
• 1274 - In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope.
• 1697 - Stockholm's royal castle (dating back to medieval times) is destroyed in a huge fire (in the 18th century, it is replaced with the current Royal Palace).
• 1763 - Indian Wars: Pontiac's Rebellion begins - Chief Pontiac begins the "Conspiracy of Pontiac" by attacking British forces at Fort Detroit.
• 1824 - Ludwig van Beethoven, completely deaf, conducts the debut of his Ninth Symphony in Vienna.
• 1832 - Greece is recognised independent by the Treaty of London. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen King.
• 1840 - The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi, killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
• 1847 - In Philadelphia, the American Medical Association (AMA) is founded.
• 1864 - American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
• 1895 - In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates an invention which became the prototipe of radio. In the former Soviet Union this day is celebrated as Day of Radio.
• 1896 - H. H. Holmes is hanged in Philadelphia.
• 1915 - World War I: a German U-boat sinks the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people.
• 1920 - Polish-Bolshevik War: Polish-Ukrainian troops capture Kyiv during the Kiev Offensive.
• 1937 - Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrive in Spain to assist Franco's forces.
• 1945 - World War II: General Alfred Jodl signs unconditional surrender terms at Reims, France, ending Germany's participation in the war. The document will take effect the next day.
• 1946 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with about 20 employees.
• 1947 - Kraft Television Theater debuts, running for the next 11 years.
• 1948 - The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
• 1952 - The concept for the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.
• 1954 - Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat (the battle began on March 13).
• 1960 - Cold War: U-2 Crisis - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
• 1964 - A Pacific Air Lines Fairchild F-27 airliner crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard; the FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.
• 1992 - Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay rise.
• 1992 - Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its maiden voyage.
• 1992 - Three employees at a McDonald's Restaurant in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, are brutally murdered and a fourth permanently disabled after a botched robbery. It is the first fast-food murder in Canada.
• 1998 - Apple Computer unveils the iMac.
• 1998 - Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for US$40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
• 1999 - Pope John Paul II travells to Romania becoming the first pope that had visited a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
• 1999 - A jury finds The Jenny Jones Show and Warner Bros. liable in the shooting death of Scott Amedure, after the show purposely deceived Jonathan Schmitz to appear on a secret same-sex crush episode. Schmitz later killed Amedure and the jury awarded Amedure's family US$25 million.
• 1999 - Kosovo War: In Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, three Chinese embassy workers are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft mistakenly bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
• 1999 - In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup.
• 2002 - A China Southern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.

Events May 7 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map of Constantinople. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hagia Sophia as it appears today A plan of the original architecture of Hagia_Sophia, the great church Part of the interior of Hagia Sophi as it was when built. ... Jump to: navigation, search Justinian I depicted on the famous Byzantine mosaics of the St. ... Events January 10 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, founds the European Order of the Golden Fleece February 12 - Battle of Rouvray (or of the Herrings). English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the Earl of Suffolks army at Orleans from attack by... Jump to: navigation, search The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Loire is wide; here in Orléans, half of it is shown, up to a dividing half-flooded island. ... Events May 7 - In France the Second Council of Lyons opens to consider the condition of the Holy Land and to agree to a union with the Byzantine church. ... The Second Council of Lyon was a Roman Catholic council convened in Lyon in 1274. ... Jump to: navigation, search The pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church. ... Events September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick December 2 – St Pauls Cathedral opened in London Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov Use of palanquins increases in Europe Christopher Polhem starts Swedens first technical school. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Old town in Stockholm from the air Stockholm [â–¶] is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Indian Wars were a series of conflicts between the United States and Native American peoples (Indians) of North America. ... Jump to: navigation, search Pontiacs Rebellion was a war launched in 1763 by Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region and the Ohio Country after the British victory in the French and Indian War. ... No authentic images of Pontiac are known to exist. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770; died 26 March 1827) was a German composer of classical music, who predominantly lived in Vienna, Austria. ... The word deaf, can have very different meanings based on the background of the person speaking or the context in which the word is used. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Symphony No. ... Jump to: navigation, search Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň, Romany Vidnya; Serbian: Beč) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Otto of Greece entering Náfplio, Peter von Hess, 1835. ... This is a list of the Kings of Greece, formally known by the title of King of the Hellenes. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Great Natchez Tornado was a tornado that hit Natchez, Mississippi on May 7, 1840. ... Natchez is a city located in Adams County, Mississippi. ... Jump to: navigation, search A tornado over land. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... The American Medical Association (AMA) is the largest association of medical doctors in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1864 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The American Civil War (1861–1865) was fought in North America within the United States of America, between twenty-three mostly northern states of the Union and the Confederate States of America, a coalition of eleven southern states that declared their independence and claimed the right... Generals Burnside, Hancock, Couch, Ferro, Patrick, Wilcox, Cochrane, Buford and others. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was a Union general in the American Civil War, serving as general-in-chief (1864–1869), and the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). ... This article is about the Battle of the Wilderness in the American Civil War. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Alexander Stepanovich Popov (Russian: Александр Степанович Попов) (March 4, 1859 - December 31, 1905) was a Russian physicist who was the first to publicly demonstrate transmission of radio waves (March 1896) but didnt care to apply for a patent for this great invention. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Herman Webster Mudgett (1861 - May 7, 1896) was a 19th-century serial killer, better known as H.H. Holmes. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... RMS Mauretania, the Lusitanias sister ship The RMS Lusitania was an ocean liner of the British Cunard Steamship Lines. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events WIKIPEDIA EATS VAGINA January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Polish-Soviet War or Russo-Polish War — in Polish, often called the Bolshevik War (Wojna bolszewicka) — was the war (February 1919 – March 1921) that determined the borders between two nascent states in post-World War I Europe, Soviet Russia and the Second Polish Republic. ... Jump to: navigation, search A monument to St. ... The Kiev Offensive (or Kiev Operation) was an important military operation, carried out by Polish Army and allied Ukrainian forces during the Polish-Bolshevik War, from April 1920 to June of the same year. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain -Visigoths -Al-Andalus -Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social... The Condor Legion (Legión Cóndor in Spanish) was a unit of Nazi Germanys air force which was sent as volunteers to support the Nationalists (i. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Heinkel He 51 was a single-seat biplane which was produced in a number of different versions. ... Jump to: navigation, search Francisco Franco Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade (December 4, 1892 – November 20, 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and sometimes known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was Head of State of Spain from 1936 until his death in 1975. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Generaloberst Alfred Jodl Alfred Jodl (May 10, 1890 - October 16, 1946) was a Wehrmacht officer. ... Location within France Reims (English traditionally Rheims) (pronounced in French) is a city of northern France, 144 km (89 miles) east-northeast of Paris. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), NYSE: SNE is a global Japanese consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kraft Television Theater was an American television program that ran from 1947 to 1958. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Palace of Europe in Strasbourg The Council of Europe is an international organisation of 46 member states in the European region. ... The Hague Congress was held in the Congress of Europe in Hague from 7th to 11th of May 1948 with 800 delegates participating from around Europe as well as observers from Canada and the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Optical Microscope image of an integrated circuit showing defects in the aluminium layer deposition. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1954(MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Indochina War was an almost thirty year war in Vietnam between 1946 and 1975, affecting the three Indochinese nations, namely Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (Chiến dịch Điện Biên Phủ) was the final battle in the First Indochina War between France and the Viet Minh. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search For the generic term for a high-tension struggle between countries, see cold war (war). ... The U-2 Crisis of 1960 occurred when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. ... Jump to: navigation, search State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area  - Total  - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse... Jump to: navigation, search Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchof (Khrushchev) (Russian: Ники́та Серге́евич Хрущёв listen â–¶(?), April 17, 1894 â€“ September 11, 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. ... The U-2 is a single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude Surveillance aircraft flown by the United States Air Force. ... Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977) was an American pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down while over the Soviet Union, thus causing the U-2 Crisis of 1960. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1944 Fairchild Argus III (G-BCBH) Fairchild were an aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York, Hagerstown, Maryland, and San Antonio, Texas. ... San Ramon is a city located in Contra Costa County, California. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 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Births

• 1328 - Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1365)
• 1530 - Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French Huguenot general (d. 1569)
• 1643 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, first native Mayor of New York (d. 1700)
• 1700 - Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-born physician (d. 1772)
• 1711 - David Hume, English philosopher (d. 1776)
• 1763 - Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish prince and Marshal of France (d. 1813)
• 1812 - Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889)
• 1833 - Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)
• 1840 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893)
• 1847 - Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1929)
• 1857 - William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (d. 1930)
• 1861 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
• 1867 - Władysław Reymont, Polish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
• 1882 - Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer (d.1960)
• 1885 - George 'Gabby' Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)
• 1892 - Archibald MacLeish, American poet and Librarian of Congress (d. 1982)
• 1892 - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (d. 1980)
• 1901 - Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)
• 1909 - Edwin H. Land, American inventor (d. 1991)
• 1911 - Ishiro Honda, Japanese film director
• 1919 - Eva Peron, wife of Argentine President Juan Peron (d. 1952)
• 1922 - Darren McGavin, American actor
• 1923 - Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1927 - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German screenwriter
• 1930 - Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978)
• 1931 - Teresa Brewer, American singer
• 1933 - Johnny Unitas, American football player (d. 2002)
• 1939 - Sidney Altman, Canadian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 - Ruud Lubbers, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1939 - Jimmy Ruffin, American singer
• 1940 - Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)
• 1943 - Harvey Andrews, English singer and songwriter
• 1946 - Thelma Houston, American singer
• 1946 - Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead)
• 1950 - Randall 'Tex' Cobb, American boxer and actor
• 1950 - Tim Russert, American television host
• 1951 - Janis Ian, American singer and songwriter
• 1954 - Amy Heckerling, American director
• 1956 - Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1956 - Anne Dudley, British composer and musician
• 1965 - Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)
• 1968 - Traci Lords, American actress
• 1969 - Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician
• 1980 - Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
• 1987 - Asami Konno, Japanese singer (Morning Musume and Tanpopo)

Jump to: navigation, search Events Augustiner brew Munich May 1 - Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton - England recognises Scotland as an independent nation after the Wars of Scottish Independence May 12 - Nicholas V is consecrated at St Peters Basilica in Rome by the bishop of Venice. ... Louis VI the Roman (May 7, 1328 – May 17, 1365), was the son of the emperor Louis IV the Bavarian. ... Events Foundation of the University of Vienna Births John de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros (died 1394) Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk (died 1399) Deaths May 17 - Louis VI the Roman, elector of Brandenburg (born 1328) July 27 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (born 1339) Categories: 1365 ... Events June 25 - Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. ... Louis I was the first Prince of Condé. Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (May 7, 1530 – March 13, 1569) was a Huguenot leader and general. ... Events January 11 - First recorded lottery in England. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. ... Stephanus Van Cortlandt (May 7, 1643 - November 25, 1700) was the first native born mayor of New York (1677-1678; 1686-1688). ... Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... Events January 1 - Russia accepts Julian calendar. ... Gerard van Swieten (May 7, 1700 - June 18, 1772) was an Austrian physician of Dutch origin. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... Jump to: navigation, search David Hume (April 26, 1711 – August 25, 1776) (N.B. The birthdate is May 7 by the Gregorian reckoning of his time; this date being used by the International Humanist and Ethical Union when celebrating his birthday) was a Scottish philosopher and historian and, with Adam... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 1776. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Noble Family Poniatowski Coat of Arms CioÅ‚ek Parents Andrzej Poniatowski Maria Teresa Kinsky Consorts Zelia SitaÅ„ska Zofia Potocka Children with Zelia SitaÅ„ska: Józef SzczÄ™sny Poniatowski; with Zofia Potocka: Karol Józef Poniatowski. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Robert Browning Robert Browning (May 7, 1812 – December 12, 1889) was an English poet and playwright. ... 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Deaths

• 973 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)
• 1427 - Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman
• 1523 - Franz von Sickingen, German soldier (b. 1481)
• 1539 - Guru Nanak Dev, Pakistani founder of Sikhism (b. 1469)
• 1539 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466)
• 1615 - Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)
• 1617 - David Fabricius, German astronomer (b. 1564)
• 1667 - Johann Jakob Froberger, German composer (b. 1616)
• 1682 - Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
• 1718 - Mary of Modena, queen of James II of England (b. 1658)
• 1800 - Niccola Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
• 1825 - Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (b. 1750)
• 1840 - Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)
• 1868 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1896 - H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1941 - Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (b. 1854)
• 1942 - Felix Weingartner, Yugoslavian conductor (b. 1863)
• 1951 - Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
• 1998 - Eddie Rabbitt, American musician (b. 1941)
• 2000 - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American actor (b. 1909)
• 2004 - Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b. 1956)

Events Edgar of England is crowned king by Saint Dunstan Births September 15 - Al_Biruni, mathematician († 1048) Abu al-Ala al-Maarri, poet Deaths May 7 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor Categories: 973 ... Otto I at his victory over Berengar of Friuli Grave of Otto I in Magdeburg Otto I the Great (November 23, 912 - May 7, 973), son of Henry I the Fowler, king of the Germans, and Matilda of Ringelheim, was Duke of Saxony, King of the Germans and arguably the... Events Orso II Participazio becomes Doge of Venice Patriarch Nicholas I Mysticus becomes patriarch of Constantinople Births November 23 - Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor (+ 973) Abd-ar-rahman III - prince of the Umayyad dynasty Deaths Oleg of Kiev Categories: 912 ... Jump to: navigation, search Events Lincoln College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is founded. ... Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr (c. ... Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ... Franz von Sickingen (1481 - May 7, 1523) was a German knight, one of the most notable figures of the first period of the Reformation. ... Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਦੇਵ ਜੀ) (20 October 1469 – 7 May 1539), the founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Gurus of the Sikhs, was born in the village of Talwandi, now called Nankana Sahib, near Lahore in present-day Pakistan. ... Events July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. ... Events Chimú Empire conquered by troops of the Inca End of term for Regent of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna. ... Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ... Sanada Yukimura (真田 幸村 Sanada Yukimura, 1567 to May 7, 1615) was a Japanese samurai, second son of the Sengoku period daimyo Sanada Masayuki. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ... Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed I (1603-1617) to Mustafa I (1617-1623). ... David and Johannes Fabricius were father and son astronomers from Frisia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events March 8 — Naples bans kissing in public under the penalty of death June 22 — Fort Caroline, the first French attempt at colonizing the New World September 10 — The Battle of Kawanakajima Ottoman Turks invade Malta Modern pencil becomes common in England Conquistadors crossed the Pacific... // Events January 20 - Poland cedes Kyiv, Smolensk, and eastern Ukraine to Russia in the Treaty of Andrusovo that put a final end to the Deluge, and Poland lost its status as a Central European power. ... Johann Jakob Froberger (1616 – 1667) was a German Baroque composer, harpsichordist, and organist, and a pupil of Girolamo Frescobaldi. ... Events October 25 — Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at an island off the Western Australian coast Pocahontas arrives in England War between Venice and Austria Collegium Musicum founded in Prague Nicolaus Copernicus De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books... Events March 11 – Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... Feodor III of Russia (In Russian: Фёдор III Алексеевич) (June 9, 1661 - May 7, 1682) was the Tsar of all Russia, during whose short reign (1678-82) the Polish influence in the Kremlin was paramount. ... Events January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events July 21 - Treaty of Passarowitz signed November 22 - Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as Blackbeard) is killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times. ... Mary of Modena (October 5, 1658 – May 7, 1718) was the queen consort of King James II of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search James II of England and VII of Scotland ( 14 October 1633–16 September 1701 ) became King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 6 February 1685. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Niccolo Piccinni (January 16, 1728 - May 7, 1800) was an Italian composer of classical music. ... Events Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala Births January 9 - Thomas Warton, English poet (d. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750 – May 7, 1825), born in Legnago, Italy, was a composer and conductor, as well as one of the most important and famous musicians of his time. ... Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Self-portrait by Caspar David Friedrich, 1810 Caspar David Friedrich (September 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840) was a 19th century German romantic painter. ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Lord Henry Peter Brougham Baron Brougham & Vaux sitting as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (September 19, 1778 - May 7, 1868) was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times Chancellor of England, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Herman Webster Mudgett (1861 - May 7, 1896) was a 19th-century serial killer, better known as H.H. Holmes. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir James George Frazer (January 1, 1854 - May 7, 1941), a social anthropologist influential in the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion, was born in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... Felix (Edler von Münzberg) Weingartner (June 2, 1863 – May 7, 1942) was a conductor, composer and pianist. ... 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Warner Baxter (March 29, 1889 - May 7, 1951) was an American actor. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Eddie Rabbitt (November 27, 1941 - May 7, 1998) was a country music singer and songwriter who reached the peak of his popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... Jump to: navigation, search Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ... 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Waldemar Milewicz (August 20, 1956 - May 7, 2004) was a Polish journalist and war correspondent. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Holidays and observances

• Russia - Radio Day (see Alexander Popov)
• Bulgaria - Radio and Television Day

Jump to: navigation, search Alexander Stepanovich Popov (Russian: Александр Степанович Попов) (March 4, 1859 - December 31, 1905) was a Russian physicist who publicly demonstrate transmission of radio waves (March 1896) but didnt apply for a patent an apparatus or method for radio. ...

Recorded this date

• 1941 - "Chattanooga Choo-Choo" (w. Mack Gordon, m. Harry Warden) Glenn Miller and his Orchestra

Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American jazz musician and band leader in the Swing era. ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• ThisDayThatYear.com on May 7

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