1104
Battle of Harran
Battle · Middle East
On this day
7 May
377 events in the atlas are dated to 7 May, from 952 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 377 events
- 952 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1850
Swiss franc
Event · Europe
1864
Atlanta campaign
War · North America
1963
Buddhist crisis
Event · Southeast Asia
2020
Visakhapatnam gas leak
Accident · South Asia
2025
2025 conclave
Election · Europe
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 12 events- 1104Battle of HarranBattle · Middle East
- 1274Second Council of LyonPolitical · Europe
- 1487Siege of MálagaSiege · Europe
- 1413Cabochien RevoltRebellion · Europe
- 1190Battle of PhilomelionBattle · Middle East
- 1189Construction of Port of HamburgConstruction · Europe
- 1423War of L'AquilaWar · 1423 – 1424
- 1379Battle of PolaBattle
- 1241Deed of Upper Lusatia 1241Treaty
- 1379Battle of PulaBattle · Europe
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 31 events- 1618Seven GrievancesEvent · East Asia
- 16731673 Zakinthos (Zante) earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1590Siege of ParisSiege · Europe
- 1583Construction of Nesvizh CastleConstruction · Europe
- 1592Battle of HappoBattle · East Asia
- 1796Battle of FombioBattle · Europe
- 1544Burning of EdinburghEvent · Europe
- 1697Destruction of Tre Kronor CastleCollapse · Europe
- 1794Battle of PolanamiBattle · Europe
- 1709Battle of La GudiñaBattle · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 26 events- 1850Swiss francEvent · Europe
- 1864Atlanta campaignWar · North America
- 1875Treaty of Saint PetersburgTreaty · Europe
- 18421842 Cap-Haitien earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1839Bedchamber crisisEvent · Europe
- 1877Battle of Little Muddy CreekBattle · North America
- 1832Founding of Kingdom of GreeceFounding · Europe
- 1862Battle of Eltham's LandingBattle · North America
- 1842Destruction of Citadelle LaferrièreCollapse · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1842Destruction of Sans-Souci PalaceCollapse · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 182 events- 1999United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in BelgradeEvent · Europe
- 1915sinking of the RMS LusitaniaAccident · Europe
- 1963Buddhist crisisEvent · Southeast Asia
- 1940Norway DebateEvent · Europe
- 1918Treaty of BucharestTreaty · Europe
- 1941Battle of South ShanxiBattle · East Asia
- 1999Cluster bombing of NišEvent · Europe
- 1964Pacific Air Lines Flight 773Accident · North America
- 1949Roem–Van Roijen AgreementTreaty · Southeast Asia
- 19021902 Soufriere Volcano tsunamiNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
The 21st century
since 2001 · 126 events- 20252025 conclaveElection · Europe
- 20252025 India–Pakistan conflictEvent · South Asia
- 2025Operation SindoorEvent · South Asia
- 20082008 Lebanon conflictEvent · Middle East
- 2006Battle of MogadishuBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2020Visakhapatnam gas leakAccident · South Asia
- 2006Typhoon ChanchuEvent
- 2002China Northern Airlines Flight 6136Accident · East Asia
- 2018Battle of DernaBattle · North Africa · 2018 – 2019
- 2020Southwest Airlines Flight 1392Accident · North America
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.