July 07
Overview
Holidays & Observances
Christianfeast day:
Æthelburh of Faremoutiers, Felix of Nantes, Illidius, Job of Manyava(Ukrainian Orthodox Church), BlessedsJózef and Wiktoria Ulma with seven children(Catholic Church), Willibald(Catholic Church), July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
A combined feast day honoring several Christian saints of varied origins on July 7.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence ofSolomon Islandsfrom the United Kingdom in 1978.
Solomon Islands Independence Day marks the nation's independence from the United Kingdom in 1978.
Ivan Kupala Day(Belarus,Poland,Russia,Ukraine)
A Slavic midsummer festival celebrated with bonfires, rituals, and folk traditions.
Saba Saba Day(Tanzania)
Tanzania's National Trade Fair Day held annually on July 7 to promote industry and commerce.
Tanabata(Japan)
A Japanese Star Festival where people write wishes on paper strips and celebrate with decorations.
World Chocolate Day
An international celebration of chocolate and its sweet history observed on July 7.
Æthelburh of Faremoutiers
Feast day of Æthelburh of Faremoutiers, an Anglo-Saxon abbess, observed on July 7.
Felix of Nantes
Feast day of Felix of Nantes, a 6th-century Gallic bishop, observed on July 7.
Illidius
Feast day of Illidius, a 4th-century bishop of Clermont, observed on July 7.
Events
The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks.
After a nineteen-week siege, Crusader forces capture the strategic coastal city of Tyre, securing a vital foothold in the Levant.
A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution.
Twenty-five years after her execution, Joan of Arc is posthumously declared innocent of heresy.
Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
Outnumbered Spanish conquistadors rout the Aztec army at Otumba, securing their survival in hostile territory.
Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.
Explorer Jacques Cartier establishes initial relations with Indigenous communities on his voyage to North America.
The Raid of the Redeswire is the last major battle between England and Scotland.
The final significant armed clash between English and Scottish border forces unfolds at Redeswire.
The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
French royalty withdraws religious toleration, banning Protestant worship under the Treaty of Nemours.
An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off Fort St Pierre, Martinique during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
An English naval squadron destroys a French merchant fleet off Martinique during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
Russian troops defeat Ottoman forces at the Battle of Larga, securing a key victory in the Russo-Turkish War.
American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
Continental troops withdrawing from Fort Ticonderoga are overtaken and beaten at Hubbardton.
Births
Eudoxia Epiphania
Byzantine princess and eldest daughter of Emperor Heraclius.
The 72nd emperor of Japan, reigning from 1073 to 1087 and innovator of cloistered rule.
The 75th Emperor of Japan, whose reign was marked by political strife and later exile.
Princess of Hungary and Thuringia, known for her charity and later canonized as a saint.
Andrzej Krzycki
Prominent Polish archbishop, diplomat, and Renaissance humanist.
A Habsburg archduchess renowned for her patronage of the arts and charitable works in Bavaria.
John Sigismund Zápolya
King of Hungary who navigated Habsburg and Ottoman influences during his reign.
Thomas Howard
Earl of Arundel, influential English courtier, art collector, and Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.
Wolrad IV
Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg, an early modern German nobleman involved in regional governance.
Deaths
Crescentius the Elder
10th-century Roman aristocrat who played a pivotal role in papal politics and resisted imperial authority.
Fujiwara no Akimitsu
Heian-period Japanese court official known for his administrative skill and political influence.
Haakon II Sigurdsson
Norwegian king known as Haakon the Broad-Shouldered, champion of independence against foreign influence.
Tile Kolup
A 13th-century German impostor who falsely claimed to be the deceased emperor Frederick II.
Benedict XI
Medieval pope who sought to restore peace between the papacy and the French crown.
Edward I
Powerful 13th-century English monarch known for legal reforms and campaigns in Wales and Scotland.
Momchil
Medieval Bulgarian leader who rose from brigand to regional ruler during the Byzantine civil war.
Tilman Riemenschneider
Renowned German late Gothic sculptor known for his expressive wood and stone carvings.
William Turner
Pioneering English naturalist regarded as the 'father of English botany' and an early ornithologist.