October 7 in History

Edward III repudiates his homage to Philip VI

Casts doubt on the legitamacy of Philip of France & claims the throne for himself

Proclaims himself King of England & France

Released for 100,000 marks payable in 10 annual installments, never fully paid

A truce is agreed for 10 years

Changes the direction of his fleet south west after sighting flight paths of birds

Pius V establishes an anti-Turkish Maritime League with Spain, Venice, Malta & Genoa

Pius V establishes an anti-Turkish Maritime League with Spain, Venice, Malta & Genoa

Roermond is taken by the Allies during Marlborough's Meuse campaign.

Vergniaud argued that parliamentary language should abandon the royal forms of address 'Sire' and 'Majesty'.

Crosses into France

Birmingham Town Hall opens as a major venue for civic meetings and music.

Lincoln answers Douglas and defends the Republican position in Chicago

Agrees a dual alliance between Austria & Germany, similar to the Holy Alliance

Austria & Germany agree neutrality if either is at war, except against Russia

The Austrian alliance is used to prevent & Crimean coaliton & avoid another war. Austria & Germany agree to support each other in any war with Russia. Austria & Germany agree neutrality if either is at war, except against Russia. A Treaty of alliance is signed between Austria & Germany, despite William Is opposition

Appointed President of Venezuela, 2nd term

Is called upon as the general strike paralyses the empire.

The general strike forces Nicholas II to seek Witte's advice.

Ford introduces a moving assembly line that sharply reduces automobile production time.

Japanese naval forces occupy Yap Island

Begins an Axis assault on Serbia

Injured by a grenade splinter & returns to Germany for the 1st time in 2 yrs

Tries to offset Soviet pressure through the Pre-Parliament.

Supports the Provisional Council as a bridge to elections.

Lenin secretly returns to Petrograd to press the Bolshevik leadership toward an immediate armed seizure of power.

A supreme court decision to ban alcohol at sea is approved by President Harding

The Benes Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

Begins the First Svehla Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

A supreme court decision to ban alcohol at sea is approved by President Harding

Luther holds an informal discussion with Briand at nearby Ascona during the Locarno negotiations.

All political opposition to Fascism is banned

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Becomes head of the autonomous Slovak government.

Langsdorff sinks the British merchant Ashlea after removing her crew, who are transferred to the captured Newton Beech.

The order signed by Jodl calls for Leningrad to be destroyed rather than occupied after surrender.

Jodl signs an order stating that surrender offers from Moscow or Leningrad should not be accepted.

The same order extends a destructive policy to Moscow rather than accepting a capitulation.

Resigns as PM of Australia

The RAF bomb Stuttgart

The RAF bomb Stuttgart

Appointed Head of State for the GDR, 1st term

A Chinese Army occupies Lhasa as Mao "reunites" national territory

Libyan representatives adopt a federal constitution establishing a hereditary constitutional monarchy.

Sets off for a 6 week state visit to Canada

Bogra proposes a constitutional formula balancing representation between Pakistan's two wings.

Lee presented Warren Easton High School with a withdrawal note he had written himself and signed using his mother's name.

Ayub Khan becomes Chief Martial Law Administrator after martial law is proclaimed.

Iskander Mirza abrogates the 1956 Constitution and dissolves national institutions.

Martial law ends Feroz Khan Noon's premiership.

Ayub Khan administers the martial-law regime established by President Iskander Mirza.

Ayub Khan enforces martial law under President Iskander Mirza.

Luna 3 photographs the far side of the Moon for the first time.

Becomes chairman of the Labour Party's National Executive Committee for the 1960-1961 political year.

Signs the United States instrument of ratification for the Limited Test Ban Treaty.

The government orders remaining Italian settlers to leave and confiscates their property.

Proposes a standstill ceasefire and a five point peace plan for Indochina

Torres takes power and begins a left-nationalist phase of military government.

Appointed Prime Minister of Norway

Warns that the Golan front is under severe pressure during the opening phase of the war.

Manages Lebanese diplomacy as the October War spreads tension across the Levant.

Directs air operations against Egyptian air defenses during the first days of the war.

Promulgates the new constitution presenting the Soviet Union as a developed socialist society.

Buzzcocks' second album Love Bites enters the UK albums chart and peaks at number thirteen.

Relinquishes the defence portfolio after fourteen years.

Remains prime minister while Magnus Malan becomes defence minister.

Tai participates in jerusalem policy connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Tory Member of Parliament and former minister Alan Howarth resigns from the Tories and crosses the floor

Receives Council condemnation of violence after the Temple Mount Haram al Sharif crisis

Start of US airstrikes in revenge for the bombings across the US on 9th Sept

American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul

American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul

American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul

American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul

American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul

American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul

American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul

American and British forces begin an aerial bombing campaign targeting Taliban forces and al-Qaeda, strikes were reported in the capital, Kabul

Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist who exposed corruption in the Russian army and its conduct in Chechnya, was shot in the lobby of her apartment building, the death of Politkovskaya triggered an outcry in Western media, with accusations that Putin had failed to protect the countrys new independent media

The Icelandic Government takes control of Landsbanki, the countrys second largest bank, which owns Icesave in the UK

The Icelandic Government takes control of Landsbanki, the countrys second largest bank, which owns Icesave in the UK

The Icelandic Government takes control of Landsbanki, the countrys second largest bank, which owns Icesave in the UK

Burnham returns to the shadow health portfolio.

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for development of genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9.

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for development of genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9.

Pledges support for Israel after the Hamas attack.

Birth of Charles XIII, 2nd son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden & Louisa Ulrika

Birth of Heinrich Himmler, near Munich, son of a Schoolmaster

Birth of Sarah Churchill, Churcills 3rd child

Birth of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Death of Edgar Allen Poe, age of 40

Fights for the Spanish against the Venetians

A coalition of Christian naval powers ends the Turkish maritime threat

A coalition of Christian naval powers ends the Turkish maritime threat

Ouloudji Ali fights at the Battle of Lepanto

Ouloudji Ali fights at the Battle of Lepanto

Cervantes Saavedra fights at the Battle of Lepanto

Cervantes Saavedra fights at the Battle of Lepanto

Unites Christendom & ends Turkish central & western Mediterranean domination. Turkish naval defeat, frees the Mediterranean from the corsairs. Marks the height of Islams 2nd major threat to Christian Europe. 1st major European victory over the Ottoman Empire

Unites Christendom & ends Turkish central & western Mediterranean domination. Turkish naval defeat, frees the Mediterranean from the corsairs. Marks the height of Islams 2nd major threat to Christian Europe. 1st major European victory over the Ottoman Empire

The US forces defeat the British

Defeated & killed by American forces led by Shelby & Campbell. Defeat causes Cornwallis to postpone his invasion of Carolina

Wounded in the thigh by a shell splinter near Bapaume and evacuated to hospital in Germany.

Haig decides to capture Passchendaele

Syrian forces on the Golan front are checked by Israeli armored units during the opening battles.

Commands Israeli forces fighting Syrian armor on the Golan Heights.