WHAT HAPPENED ON 7. FEBRUARY
Want to find out what all happened on 7. February

Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. (7. February 457)

Pandulf IV of Benevento is killed battling the invading Normans at the Battle of Montesarchio. (7. February 1074)

Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales. (7. February 1301)

The bonfire of the vanities occurs in which supporters of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy. (7. February 1497)

American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar. (7. February 1783)

The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. (7. February 1795)

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Eylau – Napoléon's French Empire begins fighting against Russian and Prussian forces of the Fourth Coalition at Eylau, Poland. (7. February 1807)

The strongest in a series of earthquakes strikes New Madrid, Missouri. (7. February 1812)

Action of 7 February 1813: stalemate two evenly matched frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy, Aréthuse and HMS Amelia. (7. February 1813)

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar. (7. February 1819)

Battle of Debre Tabor: Ras Ali Alula, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of Semien. (7. February 1842)

The colonial Tasmanian Parliament passes the second piece of legislation (the Electoral Act of 1856) anywhere in the world providing for elections by way of a secret ballot. (7. February 1856)

HMS Orpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189. (7. February 1863)

The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado. (7. February 1894)

Greco-Turkish War: The first full-scale battle takes place when the Greek expeditionary force in Crete defeats a 4,000-strong Ottoman force at Livadeia. (7. February 1897)

Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse. (7. February 1898)

Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith. (7. February 1900)

A fire in Baltimore, Maryland destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours. (7. February 1904)

The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). (7. February 1907)

The classic board game Monopoly is invented. (7. February 1935)