All Events

Historical Events on February 7

  • American Revolutionary War

    1783

    American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

  • Dreyfus affair

    1898

    Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'accuse.

  • Second Boer War

    1900

    Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

  • World War II

    1943

    World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.

  • Korean War

    1951

    Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are butchered by South Korean forces.

  • Haiti

    1986

    Twenty-eight years of one-family rule end in Haiti, when President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees the Caribbean nation.

  • Haiti

    1991

    Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.

  • The Troubles

    1991

    The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launched a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.

  • Abdullah II of Jordan

    1999

    Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.

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Famous Deaths on February 7

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