WHAT HAPPENED ON 7. OCTOBER
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The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar). (7. October 3761. BC)

Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year. (7. October 1477)

Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians. (7. October 1513)

Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast. (7. October 1542)

The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) annihilates the Turkish fleet. (7. October 1571)

Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. (7. October 1582)

The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued. (7. October 1691)

King George III of Great Britain issues British Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements. (7. October 1763)

Crown Prince Paul of Russia marries Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg. (7. October 1776)

American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights. (7. October 1777)

American Revolutionary War – Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina. (7. October 1780)

French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août. (7. October 1800)

The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S. (7. October 1826)

Morea Expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison. (7. October 1828)

Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands. (7. October 1840)

Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia (7. October 1862)

American Civil War – Bahia Incident: USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality. (7. October 1864)

Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date. (7. October 1868)

Franco-Prussian War – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a hot-air balloon. (7. October 1870)

Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance. (7. October 1879)