On This Day: 7 January

7 January in Indian history

• 1738A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.India

7 January in world history

• 2023The longest U.S. House of Representatives speaker election since the December 1859 – February 1860 U.S. speaker election concludes and Kevin McCarthy is elected 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
• 2020The 6.4Mw 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes kill four and injure nine in southern Puerto Rico.
• 2015Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, executing twelve people and wounding eleven others.
• 2012A hot air balloon flight from Carterton, New Zealand, collided with a power line while landing, causing it to crash and killing all eleven people on board.
• 1993The Fourth Republic of Ghana was inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings, the country's former military ruler, as president.
• 1993Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
• 1989In one of the most famous upsets in FA Cup history, Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City.
• 1989Representatives of Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini delivered a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, inviting him to consider Islam as an alternative to communism, and predicting the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc.
• 1984Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
• 1979The People's Army of Vietnam captured Phnom Penh, marking the end of large-scale fighting in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
• 1950In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
• 1948Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell, flying in pursuit of an alleged UFO, was killed when his P-51 Mustang crashed near Fort Knox, Kentucky.
• 1922Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64–57 vote.
• 1835HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.
• 1610Through his telescope, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei made the first observation of Jupiter's Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, although he was not able to distinguish the first two until the following night.
• 1608Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.
• 1327The Parliament of 1327, which was instrumental in the transfer of the English Crown from King Edward II to his son, Edward III, began at the Palace of Westminster.

Born on 7 January

• 1955Mamata Shankar, Indian-Bengali actressIndia
• 1943Sadako Sasaki, Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known for one thousand origami cranes (died 1955)
• 1929Terry Moore, American actress
• 1925Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist and author, founded Durrell Wildlife Park (died 1995)India
• 1904Joseph Whitty, Irish Republican died while on hunger strike at Curragh Internment camp (died 1923)
• 1827Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time (died 1915)

Died on 7 January

• 2016Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (born 1936)India
• 1988Zara Cisco Brough, American Nipmuc Indian chief and fashion designer (born 1919)India
• 1619Nicholas Hilliard, English painter and goldsmith (born 1547)
• 838Babak Khorramdin, Iranian leader of the Khurramite uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 7 January in history?

2023: The longest U.S. House of Representatives speaker election since the December 1859 – February 1860 U.S. speaker election concludes and Kevin McCarthy is elected 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. 2020: The 6.4Mw 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes kill four and injure nine in southern Puerto Rico. 2015: Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, executing twelve people and wounding eleven others. 2012: A hot air balloon flight from Carterton, New Zealand, collided with a power line while landing, causing it to crash and killing all eleven people on board.

What happened on 7 January in Indian history?

1738: A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.

Which famous people were born on 7 January?

Mamata Shankar, Indian-Bengali actress (1955); Sadako Sasaki, Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known for one thousand origami cranes (died 1955) (1943); Terry Moore, American actress (1929); Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist and author, founded Durrell Wildlife Park (died 1995) (1925).

Which day is observed on 7 January?

Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari) Christmas in Russia; Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari) Christmas in Ukraine; Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari) Christmas in Serbia; Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari) Ethiopian Christmas; Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari) Remembrance Day of the Dead (Armen.