October 7th

See also: Category: Holidays October 7

National

• Russia - Day of the formation of the headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs .

Historical

• USSR - Constitution Day (1977-1991, actually not celebrated in 1991).
• GDR - Republic Day , anniversary of the founding of the state (1949).

Religious

• Catholicism:

- Feast of the Virgin Mary of the Rosary (in memory of the victory in the battle of Lepanto ).

• Orthodoxy: ^{[2] [3]}

- memory of the first martyr of Equal-to-the-Apostles Thekla of Iconium ( I century );

- memory of the holy martyr Vasily Voskresensky, deacon ( 1918 );

- memory of the holy martyrs Andrei Bystrov and Pavel Berezin, presbyters, the venerable martyr Vitaly (Kokorev), the monk and martyrs Vasily Vinogradov, Sergius Mikhailov and Spiridon Savelyev ( 1937 );

- memory of the holy martyr Nikander of Griva, presbyter ( 1939 );

- the memory of the Monk Nikander the Deserter , the Pskov miracle worker ( 1581 );

- memory of the venerable martyr Galaktion of Vologda ( 1612 );

- memory of the Monk Kopri Palestine ( 530 );

- memory of St. Vladislav, King of Serbia ( 1239 );

- Celebration of the Mirozh Icon of the Mother of God ( 1198 ).

See also: Category: October 7 events

BC

• 3761 BC e. - the date of the creation of the world, from which there is a countdown in Judaism .
• 312 BC e. - according to the Macedonian calendar, the Seleucid era is counting from this day. In August, the former commander of Alexander the Great, Seleucus I Nikator conquered Babylon and founded the Syrian kingdom , which lasted until 64 BC. e.

Until the 19th century

• 1571 - The Battle of Lepanto between the Holy League fleet and the Ottoman fleet, one of the largest naval battles in history. The complete victory of the Christian fleet, the end of Ottoman rule in the Mediterranean .
• 1604
  • in Siberia, the construction of the Tomsk prison was completed. This day is the official foundation date of Tomsk
  • the defeat of the Ottoman army on the approaches to Zagem by the Georgian army of Tsarevich Yuri (George) with the support of Moscow archers from the embassy suite of Tatishchev. (see section: 1.3 Russian Embassy of Tatishchev to Georgia (1604-1605 )
• 1737 - the first iron smelting in Canada was carried out in St. Maurice ( Quebec ).
• 1793 - the Holy Glass Maker was publicly defeated in French Reims , the world of which was anointed by more than 30 kings of France, as well as, according to legend, the baptism of King Franks Clovis I.

XIX century

• 1806 - the first carbon paper was patented in England .
• 1826 - The first US railroad is opened in Massachusetts .
• 1868 - Cornell University was opened in the USA .
• 1879 - The Austro-German Treaty was concluded in Vienna .
• 1897 - The Bund was created in Vilnius - the All-Russian Jewish Labor Union.

XX century

• 1903 - Ontario ( Canada ) discovered silver deposits.
• 1905 - the All-Russian political strike began.
• 1913 - An oil field was discovered near Calgary (Canada).
• 1919 - the oldest airline, the Dutch KLM (Royal Netherlands Airlines), was founded.
• 1920 - The first hundred women are admitted to Oxford University .
• 1931 - in Magnitogorsk the laying of the first blast furnace ended.
• 1940 - by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR, the working village of Krasnogorsk was transformed into a city.
• 1944 - at the conference in USA, Great Britain , the USSR and China , which ended in Dumbarton Oaks (USA), they decided to replace the League of Nations with the United Nations .
• 1949 - Formation of the German Democratic Republic . This day became a national holiday in the GDR - Republic Day . On the day of the holiday, an award ceremony was held for the National Prize of the GDR .
• 1958 - Syria and Egypt abolished their governments, creating a single UAR government.
• 1959 - the Luna-3 spacecraft first flew over the Moon. The device took the first pictures of its reverse side and transmitted images to Earth.
• 1966 - all Chinese students were expelled from the USSR.
• 1971
  • In New York , the premiere of the film " French Connection " with Gene Hackman in the title role. Later, the film was awarded four Oscars.
  • Recording company Motown Records released the first single, Got to Be There , by Michael Jackson , who was then 13 years old. By the end of the year, the song will fall into the Top 10 of the American charts, and at the beginning of the next it will be in the top ten of the British.
• 1975 - The Treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between the USSR and the GDR was concluded.
• 1977 - the Brezhnev constitution was adopted in the USSR .
• 1978 - the crash of the Yak-40 Aeroflot near Sverdlovsk . Killed 38 people.
• 1982 - the premiere of the musical " Cats " by British authors Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice was held in New York . In September 2000, his last - 7485th - performance on Broadway took place .
• 1988 - for the first time since 1940, the Latvian flag was hoisted in Riga .
• 1991 - The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine approved the Charter of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU birthday).
• 1992 - The National Council of Azerbaijan voted against the republic’s entry into the CIS .
• 1993 - Post No. 1 in Russia was moved from the Lenin Mausoleum to the tomb of the Unknown Soldier .
• 1998 - Communists and trade unions of Russia held a general strike to protest against the policies of Boris Yeltsin .
• 1999
  • British scientists have announced the possible existence of the tenth, farthest and largest, planet of the solar system .
  • The world's first computer virus has been detected, introducing itself to the highest level of Windows NT security - the area of ​​system drivers. This feature makes the virus difficult to treat in memory by many antivirus programs.

XXI Century

• 2001 - The United States launched a military operation in Afghanistan .
• 2004 - King of Cambodia Nerodom Sihanouk abdicated for health reasons. A week later, his youngest son ascended the throne.

See also: Category: Born October 7

Until the 19th century

• 15 BC e. - Druz the Younger (d. 23 ), Roman commander and politician, consul of 15 and 21, son and heir to Tiberius .
• 1573 - William Lod (d. 1645 ), Archbishop of Canterbury, religious reformer.
• 1619 - Wang Fuji (d. 1692 ), a Chinese philosopher and encyclopedic scientist with a degree in ju ren.
• 1675 - Rosalba Carriere (d. 1757 ), Italian painter and miniature of the Venice School, one of the main representatives of the Rococo style in the art of Italy and France.
• 1746 - (d. 1800 ), American composer (Chester, Rejoice, America, etc.).

XIX century

• 1804 - Grigory Eliseev (d. 1892 ), merchant of the 1st guild, founder of the first Russian joint-stock bank (1864).
• 1834 - Bronislaw Schwartz (d. 1904 ), Polish revolutionary.
• 1846 - Vladimir Köppen (d. 1940 ), Russian geographer, meteorologist and botanist.
• 1849 - James Whitcomb Riley (d. 1916 ), American writer, poet, best-selling author.
• 1879 - Joe Hill (d. 1915 ), an American songwriter of Swedish descent, a worker for the rights of workers.
• 1885 - Niels Bohr (d. 1962 ), Danish physicist, Nobel laureate (1922).
• 1896 - Grete Rosenberg (d. 1979 ), German swimmer.
• 1900 - Heinrich Himmler (committed suicide in 1945 ), one of the main political and military leaders of the Third Reich .

XX century

• 1910 - Georgi Abadzhiev (d. 1963 ), a Macedonian writer, one of the founders of national historical prose.
• 1914 - Josef František (d. 1940 ), Czechoslovak pilot-ace, participant in the battle for Britain in World War II.
• 1915 - Margarita Aliger (d. 1992 ), Soviet poetess.
• 1924 - Ivan Petrov (d. 1990 ), Honored Artist of Ukraine, master of battle painting.
• 1925 - Lyudmila Fetisova (d. 1962 ), Russian dramatic actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
• 1927 - Raisa Kurkina , theater and film actress, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
• 1928 - Yuri Sarantsev (d. 2005 ), Soviet and Russian actor, dubbing master, people's artist of Russia.
• 1931 - Desmond Tutu , South African Bishop, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1984).
• 1934
  • Novella Matveeva (d. 2016 ), Russian poet, bard , playwright, literary critic.
  • Ulrike Meinhof (d. 1976 ), West German terrorist , journalist, public figure, one of the leaders and theorists of the Red Army Faction .
• 1935 - Thomas Kenilli , Australian writer.
• 1949 - Lilia Shevtsova , Russian political scientist, doctor of historical sciences.
• 1950
  • Vladimir Molchanov , Soviet and Russian journalist, author and presenter of the television program " Before and after midnight ."
  • Victor Matrosov (d. 2015 ), Russian mathematician, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences .
• 1952
  • Vladimir Putin , President of the Russian Federation.
  • Lyudmila Turishcheva , Soviet gymnast, 4-time Olympic champion.
• 1957 - Jane Torville , English figure skater, 4-time world champion in ice dancing, Olympic champion (1988).
• 1959 - Dylan Baker , American actor.
• 1964 - Sam Brown , an English singer.
• 1967 - Tony Braxton , American singer and songwriter, actress.
• 1968 - Tom York , vocalist of the British band Radiohead .
• 1971 - Dmitry Orlov , Russian actor, film director, screenwriter, producer.
• 1974 - Ruslan Nigmatullin , Russian football player, goalkeeper.
• 1982 - Anastasia Stotskaya , Russian singer, actress.
• 1983 - Maxim Trankov , Russian figure skater, performing in pair skating .
• 1984 - Tom Ikuta , Japanese singer and actor.
• 1993 - Jean-Luc Baker , American ice skater, ice dancing champion, continental champion (2018).

See also: Category: Dead on October 7

Until the 19th century

• 1571 - Dorothea of ​​Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1511 ), wife of the King of Denmark and Norway Christian III .
• 1577 - George Gascoigne (b. 1535 ), English poet and playwright.
• 1652 - Alexander Keyrinx (b. 1600 ), Flemish artist of the Baroque era.
• 1796 - Thomas Reed (b. 1710 ), founder of the Scottish school of philosophy of “common sense”.

XIX century

• 1845 - Isabella Colbran (b. 1785 ), Italian opera singer (dramatic soprano ).
• 1849 - Edgar Allan Poe (b. 1809 ), American writer, poet, and literary critic.
• 1864 - Apollon Grigoriev (b. 1822 ), Russian poet, critic, memoirist.
• 1871 - John Fox Bergoyne (b. 1782 ), British military commander, field marshal.
• 1896 - John Down (b. 1828 ), a British scientist who discovered Down Syndrome.

XX century

• 1910 - Lev Matsievich (b. 1877 ), a Russian aviator, leader of the Ukrainian national liberation movement, died.
• 1921 - Yaa Asanteva (b. 1840 ), head of the Ashanti liberation uprising against the British.
• 1927 - Paul Serusier (b. 1864 ), French artist, founder of the Nabis group.
• 1939
  • Harvey Cushing (b. 1869 ), American neurosurgeon, pioneer of brain surgery.
  • Boris Schukin (b. 1894 ), theater and film actor, People's Artist of the USSR
• 1941 - Ivan Flerov (b. 1905 ), commander of the first separate rocket artillery battery in the Red Army , Hero of Russia, died.
• 1953 - Emil Filla (b. 1882 ), painter, graphic artist and sculptor, one of the largest representatives of Czech cubism .
• 1954 - Boris Zbarsky (b. 1885 ), biochemist, academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labor.
• 1955 - Vladimir Ryabushinsky (b. 1873 ), Russian businessman, banker.
• 1959 - Mario Lanza (b. 1921 ), American singer (tenor) and actor.
• 1964 - Bernhard Göcke (b. 1884 ), German film actor.
• 1965 - Jesse Douglas (b. 1897 ), American mathematician.
• 1970 - Evgeny Loginov (b. 1907 ), Soviet military and political figure, air marshal.
• 1975 - Pranas Budvitis (b. 1900 ), Lithuanian journalist, poet, translator.
• 1977 - Sergey Orlov (b. 1921 ), Soviet poet.
• 1978 - Henry Corben (b. 1903 ), French philosopher and Islamic scholar .
• 1979 - Yakov Matveevich Gudkin (b. 1905 ), Soviet film actor.
• 1990 - Sergey Lapin (b. 1912 ), Soviet state and party leader, TASS general director, chairman of the USSR State Radio and Television.
• 1993
  • Sergei Pavlov (b. 1929 ), Soviet statesman, in 1959-1968, first secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee .
  • Andrei Tikhonov (b. 1906 ), Soviet mathematician and geophysicist, academician, twice Hero of Socialist Labor.
• 1994 - Maya Bulgakova (b. 1932 ), theater and film actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
• 1999 - Heinrich Sapgir (b. 1928 ), Russian poet and prose writer.

XXI Century

• 2006 - Anna Politkovskaya (born 1958 ), a Russian journalist, was killed.
• 2008 - Eduard Baltin (b. 1936 ), Hero of the Soviet Union, Admiral.
• 2013
  • Joanna Khmelevskaya (b. 1932 ), Polish writer, author of ironic detectives.
  • Yuri Churbanov (b. 1936 ), First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the USSR (1980-1984), son-in-law of L. N. Brezhnev .
  • Patrice Chereau (b. 1944 ), French opera, film and theater director.
• 2014 - Siegfried Lenz (b. 1926 ), German novelist and playwright.
• 2016 - Lyudmila Ivanova (b. 1933 ), Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
• 2017 - Konstantin Sarsaniya (b. 1968 ), Soviet football player, sports director of FC Zenit .

• Theokla Zarevnitsa .
• On this day, the beets remaining on the beds were harvested: “Thekla, pull the beets.”
• From Thekla, the days quickly decrease, the nights darken ^[4] .
• They believed in antiquity: on this day, everything that you tie is not untied, that is, happiness will be strong, and the wedding will be good.
• If someone did not touch the girl’s hands, didn’t take the kalach brought by the girl, then the girl decided: to sit in the girls, to bathe at the stove, not to be the mistress of the teapot. If the cold swell of the hand touched, it was believed that the girl should go for the poor. A touch will appear warm, shaggy - a wealthy man will marry him ^[5] .