What is October 7?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1800 === * [[3761 BC]] &ndash; The [[epoch (reference date)|epoch]] (origin) of the modern [[Hebrew calendar]]. * [[336]] &ndash; [[Pope Marcus]] ends his reign as [[Catholic Pope]]. * [[1428]] &ndash; Start of the English siege of [[Orléans]] in the [[Hundred Years' War]]. * [[1477]] &ndash; Opening of [[Uppsala University]] in [[Sweden]]. * [[1492]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] misses Florida when he changes course. * [[1506]] &ndash; [[Pope Julius II]] and France occupy [[Bologna]]. * [[1513]] &ndash; [[Battle of La Motta]]: [[Spain|Spanish]] troops under [[Ramon de Cardona]] defeat the [[Venetia]]ns. * [[1520]] &ndash; First public burning of books in [[Netherlands]], in [[Louvain]]. * [[1542]] &ndash; Explorer [[Cabrillo]] discovered [[Catalina Island]] off California coast. * [[1571]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Lepanto (1571)|Battle of Lepanto]] is fought, and the [[Holy League]] (Spain, Venice, and Papal States) destroys Turkish fleet. * [[1582]] &ndash; Due to the implementation of the [[Gregorian calendar]] this day does not exist in this year in [[Italy]], [[Poland]], [[Portugal]] and [[Spain]]. * [[1637]] &ndash; Prince [[Frederick Henry of Orange]] occupies [[Breda]]. * [[1690]] &ndash; English attack Quebec under [[Louis de Buade]]. * [[1702]] &ndash; English/Dutch troops under [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]] occupy [[Roermond]]. * [[1714]] &ndash; Beer tax riots in [[Alkmaar|Alkmaar, Netherlands]]. * [[1737]] &ndash; 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 ([[Bengal]], [[India]]). * [[1756]] &ndash; [[Flood]]ing on the [[Elbe]] near what is now [[Germany]]'s [[North Sea]] [[coast]] kills 600 people. * [[1763]] &ndash; [[George III of the United Kingdom|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. * [[1765]] &ndash; [[Stamp Act Congress]] convenes in NY. * [[1769]] &ndash; English explorer, [[