1042
Battle of Bar
Battle · Europe
On this day
7 October
430 events in the atlas are dated to 7 October, from 1042 to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 430 events
- 1042 – 2026
The best known
From every age and part of the world1571
Battle of Lepanto
Battle · Europe
1849
death of Edgar Allan Poe
Event · North America
2001
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
War · South Asia · 2001 – 2021
2018
Hurricane Michael
Natural disaster · North America
2023
Gaza War
War · Middle East · 2023 – 2029
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 4 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 30 events- 1571Battle of LepantoBattle · Europe
- 1683Battle of PárkányBattle · Europe
- 1780Battle of Kings MountainBattle · North America
- 1765Stamp Act CongressPolitical · North America
- 1702Siege of NöteborgSiege · Europe
- 1513Battle of La MottaBattle · Europe
- 1736Military Order of St. HenryEvent · Europe
- 1756Founding of YogyakartaFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1790Harmar CampaignEvent · North America
- 1556Battle of TughlaqabadBattle · South Asia
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 39 events- 1849death of Edgar Allan PoeEvent · North America
- 1826Akkerman ConventionTreaty · Europe
- 1871Rakovica RevoltRebellion · Europe
- 1813Battle of the BidassoaBattle · Europe
- 1886end of slavery in SpainEvent · Europe
- 1805Battle of DonauwörthBattle · Europe
- 1813Campaign in south-west FranceWar · Europe · 1813 – 1814
- 1895Founding of Saint-ZénonFounding · North America
- 1827Founding of Podu TurculuiFounding · Europe
- 1897Founding of Saint-Cléophas-de-BrandonFounding · North America
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 161 events- 1985Achille Lauro hijackingAccident · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 19581958 Pakistani coup d'étatPolitical · South Asia
- 1999Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaignEvent · North America · 1999 – 2000
- 1920Suwałki AgreementTreaty · Europe
- 1973Battle of LatakiaBattle · Middle East
- 1944Petsamo–Kirkenes OffensiveEvent · Europe
- 20002000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflictEvent · Middle East · 2000 – 2006
- 1944Sonderkommando Revolt in AuschwitzRebellion · Europe
- 1944Alexandria ProtocolTreaty
- 1949Founding of East GermanyFounding · Europe
The 21st century
since 2001 · 196 events- 2023Gaza WarWar · Middle East · 2023 – 2029
- 2023Gaza genocideAttack · Middle East
- 2001War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)War · South Asia · 2001 – 2021
- 2023October 7 attacksAttack · Middle East
- 2023Re'im music festival massacreAttack · Middle East
- 2001Operation Enduring FreedomEvent · South Asia · 2001 – 2014
- 2023Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)Event · Middle East
- 2018Hurricane MichaelNatural disaster · North America
- 2023Ein HaShlosha massacreAttack · Middle East
- 2023Be'eri massacreAttack · Middle East
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.