1787
Founding of Delaware
Founding · North America
On this day
7 December
320 events in the atlas are dated to 7 December, from 150 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 320 events
- 150 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1872
Challenger Expedition
Exploration · 1872 – 1876
1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Battle · North America
1949
retreat of the government of Republic of China to Taiwan
Event · East Asia
2020
2020 Ghanaian general election
Election · Sub-Saharan Africa
2024
Fall of Damascus
Siege · Middle East
Antiquity
to 500 CE · 1 eventThe Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 4 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 25 events- 1787Founding of DelawareFounding · North America
- 1585Battle of EmpelBattle · Europe
- 1760Founding of MaturínFounding · South America
- 1612Siege of VolokolamskSiege · Europe
- 1757Siege of BreslauSiege · Europe
- 1666Founding of PodișoruFounding · Europe
- 1795Founding of MărgărițiFounding · Europe
- 1733Founding of Râu Alb de JosFounding · Europe
- 1512Battle of VelateBattle · Europe
- 1712Construction of Basilian monasteryConstruction · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 24 events- 1837Rebellions of 1837Rebellion · North America · 1837 – 1838
- 1872Challenger ExpeditionExploration · 1872 – 1876
- 1895Battle of Amba AlagiBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1862Battle of Prairie GroveBattle · North America
- 18121812 Japan earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1813Battle of BornhövedBattle · Europe
- 1874Founding of ParkersburgFounding · North America
- 1837Battle of Montgomery's TavernBattle · North America
- 1862Battle of HartsvilleBattle · North America
- 1874Vicksburg massacreAttack · North America · 1874 – 1875
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 151 events- 1941Attack on Pearl HarborBattle · North America
- 19881988 Spitak earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1949retreat of the government of Republic of China to TaiwanEvent · East Asia
- 1975Indonesian occupation of East TimorEvent · Southeast Asia · 1975 – 1999
- 1941Niihau IncidentEvent · North America
- 1939Battle of SuomussalmiBattle · Europe · 1939 – 1940
- 1915Siege of KutSiege · Middle East · 1915 – 1916
- 1939Battle of KollaaBattle · Europe · 1939 – 1940
- 19441944 Tōnankai earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1987Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771Accident · North America
The 21st century
since 2001 · 115 events- 2024Fall of DamascusSiege · Middle East
- 20202020 Ghanaian general electionElection · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 20222022 German coup d'état plotRebellion · Europe
- 2016PIA Flight 661Accident · South Asia
- 20222022-2023 Peruvian protestsProtest · South America · 2022 – 2023
- 2020Attack on Titan: The Final SeasonEvent
- 2001Expedition 4Exploration · 2001 – 2002
- 20222022 Peruvian self-coup attemptRebellion · South America
- 2024reopening of Notre-Dame de ParisEvent · Europe
- 20252025 Beninese coup attemptRebellion · Sub-Saharan Africa
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.