What is February 7?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[457]] &ndash; [[Leo I of the Byzantine Empire|Leo I]] becomes emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. * [[1074]] &ndash; [[Pandulf IV of Benevento]] is killed battling the invading [[Normans]] at the [[Battle of Montesarchio]]. * [[1301]] &ndash; Edward of [[Caernarvon]] (later King [[Edward II of England]]) becomes the first [[Prince of Wales]]. * [[1497]] &ndash; The [[Bonfire of the Vanities]] occurs, in which supporters of [[Girolamo Savonarola]] burns thousands of objects like [[cosmetics]], [[art]] and [[book]]s in [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. * [[1783]] &ndash; [[Spain|Spanish]] and [[France|French]] forces end the [[Siege of Gibraltar]]. * [[1785]] &ndash; [[William Herschel]] discovers the [[Antennae Galaxies]]. * [[1795]] &ndash; The [[11th Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is accepted. * [[1807]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Battle of Eylau]] in [[Poland]] begins. * [[1812]] &ndash; The strongest in a series of [[earthquake]]s strikes [[New Madrid, Missouri]]. * [[1819]] &ndash; [[Thomas Stamford Raffles]] leaves [[Singapore]] shortly after taking it over, leaving the governing duties to [[William Farquhar]]. * [[1855]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Shimoda]] is signed, determining which of the [[Kuril islands]] are [[Japan]]ese and which are [[Russia]]n. * [[1863]] &ndash; The [[ship]] HMS ''Orpheus'' sinks off [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]], killing 189 people. * [[1897]] &ndash; The first full-scale [[battle]] of the [[Greco-Turkish War]] occurs. * [[1898]] &ndash; [[Émile Zola]] is brought to trial for [[libel]] for publishing [[J'Accuse]], in which he questioned the guilt of [[Alfred Dreyfus]] in the [[Dreyfus Affair]]. * [[1900]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] is formed. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1904]] &ndash; A [[fire]] in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], destroys 1,500 buildings. * [[1922]] &ndash; [[Antonio Maria da Silva]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] for a second time. * [[1935]