What is January 7?
{{calendar}} {{day}} For Orthodox Christians, this is when [[Christmas]] is celebrated. ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[1325]] &ndash; [[Afonso IV of Portugal|Alfonso IV]] becomes King of [[Portugal]]. * [[1350]] &ndash; [[Guttorm Palsson]], [[Bishop]] of [[Stavanger]] in [[Norway]], dies, as the last known death from [[Europe]]'s [[1347]]–[[1350]] [[plague]] [[epidemic]]. * [[1558]] &ndash; [[France]] takes [[Calais]], the last continental possession of [[England]]. * [[1566]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius V|Pius V]] becomes [[Pope]]. * [[1598]] &ndash; [[Boris Godunov]] seizes the throne of [[Russia]]. * [[1601]] &ndash; [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]] leads revolt in London against Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]]. * [[1608]] &ndash; [[Fire]] destroys [[Jamestown, Virginia]]. * [[1610]] &ndash; [[Galileo Galilei]] observes the four largest [[List of Jupiter's moons|moons of Jupiter]] for the first time. He named them and in turn the four are called the [[Galilean moon]]s. * [[1782]] &ndash; The first American commercial bank opens ([[Bank of North America]]). * [[1785]] &ndash; [[France|Frenchman]] [[Jean-Pierre Blanchard]] and [[United States|American]] [[John Jeffries]] travel from [[Dover, England]] to [[Calais]], [[France]] in a gas [[balloon]], becoming the first to cross the [[English Channel]] by air. * [[1789]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] is elected the first [[President of the United States]], taking office on [[April 30]]. * [[1797]] &ndash; The parliament of the ''[[Cisalpine Republic|Repubblica Cisalpina]]'' adopts the Italian green–white–red tricolour as the official flag. It is the birthday of the [[flag of Italy]]. * [[1835]] &ndash; [[HMS Beagle|HMS ''Beagle'']] anchors off the Chonos Archipelago. * [[1894]] &ndash; [[W.K. Dickson]] receives a [[patent]] for [[movie]] [[Photographic film|film]]. * [[1896]] &ndash; [[Fannie Farmer]] publishes her first [[cookbook]]. === 1901&ndash;1950 === * [[1901]] &ndash; [[Alferd Packer]] is released from prison after serving 18 years for [[cannibalism]].