July 7

### Up to 1900

- 1456 – A retrial verdict clears Joan of Arc of heresy, 25 years after she was burnt to death at the stake.
- 1534 – The first exchange between Europeans and Native Americans takes place in present–day New Brunswick.
- 1543 – French troops invade Luxembourg.
- 1575 – Raid of the Redeswine, the last major battle between England and Scotland.
- 1585 – The Treaty of Nemours bans tolerance of Protestants in France.
- 1770 – The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire is fought.
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated at the Battle of Hubbardton.
- 1807 – Napoleonic Wars: The Peace of Tilsit between France, Russia and Prussia ends the War of the Fourth Coalition.
- 1846 – California is annexed by the United States.
- 1865 – The conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, are executed.
- 1881 – Pinocchio, written by Carlo Collodi, is published for the first time.
- 1898 – Hawaii becomes a United States Territory.

### 1901 – 2000

- 1911 – The United States, United Kingdom, France and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911, banning open–water seal hunting.
- 1915 – World War I: End of the First Battle of Isonzo.
- 1915 – An International Railway trolley overloaded with 157 passengers  crashes near Queenston, Ontario, Canada, killing 15 people.
- 1928 – Commercially sliced bread is first sold in Chillicothe, Missouri.
- 1930 – Work on the Hoover Dam begins.
- 1937 – The Second Sino–Japanese War begins.
- 1941 – World War II: US forces land in Iceland.
- 1944 – World War II: American forces carry out an air raid over Leipzig, Germany.
- 1946 – Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
- 1947 – Roswell incident: Alleged crash of an alien spaceship in Roswell, New Mexico, United States.
- 1953 – Che Guevara starts out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.
- 1956 – Fritz Moravec and two other Austrian mountaineers become the first people climb Gasherbrum II in the Himalayas.
- 1958 – Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law, allowing Alaska to become a State of the US on January 3, 1959.
- 1974 – West Germany beats the Netherlands 2–1 to win its second FIFA World Cup.
- 1978 – The Solomon Islands become independent.
- 1980 – Sharia law is installed in Iran.
- 1980 – During the Civil War in Lebanon, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what becomes known as the Safra massacre.
- 1981 – Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor as the first female member of the United States Supreme Court.
- 1983 – US schoolgirl Samantha Smith visits the Soviet Union, after an invitation from Yuri Andropov. Samantha Smith had written him a letter, expressing her fears over a nuclear war.
- 1985 – Boris Becker wins his first Wimbledon tennis title, aged 17.
- 1991 – The Brioni Agreement ends the 10–day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

### From 2001

- 2003 – NASA's _Opportunity_ rover is launched into space on a Delta II rocket.
- 2003 – A Boeing 737 of Sudan Airways crashes in Port Sudan, Sudan, shortly after take–off, killing 116 people.
- 2005 – Four suicide bombers kill 52 people on London's public transport system. They are the first suicide bombers ever to strike in Europe.
- 2007 – Live Earth concerts take place worldwide, promoting protection of the Environment.
- 2009 – A public funeral service is held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, for Michael Jackson, who had died on June 25 aged 50.
- 2011 – Part of a roof at a football stadium in Enschede, the Netherlands, collapses, killing at least one person.
- 2011 – Adolf Hitler is removed as an honorary citizen in his birthplace of Braunau am Inn in Austria.
- 2013 – Andy Murray defeats Novak Djokovic to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon, becoming the first British player in 77 years (since Fred Perry) to win the men's title there.
- 2017 – A treaty banning nuclear weapons is voted for by 124 out of 193 countries.

### Up to 1900

- 1053 – Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)
- 1119 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)
- 1207 – Elizabeth of Hungary (d. 1231)
- 1528 – Archduchess Anna of Austria (d. 1590)
- 1656 – Guru Har Kishan, 8th Sikh Guru (d. 1664)
- 1752 – Joseph–Marie Jacquard, French inventor (d. 1834)
- 1805 – Victor de Tornaco, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1875)
- 1836 – Rudolf Wolf, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1893)
- 1843 – Camillo Golgi, Italian doctor, won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1926)
- 1846 – Heinrich Rosenthal, Estonian nationalist leader, doctor and author (d. 1916)
- 1848 – Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, 5th President of Brazil (d. 1919)
- 1852 – Vera Figner, Russian revolutionary (d. 1942)
- 1855 – Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)
- 1860 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (d. 1911)
- 1861 – Nettie Stevens, American geneticist (d. 1912)
- 1873 – A. Victor Donahey, American politician, 50th Governor of Ohio (d. 1946)
- 1874 – Wladyslaw Grabski, Polish politician, economist and historian (d. 1938)
- 1880 – Otto Frederick Rohwedder, American engineer, invented commercially sliced bread (d. 1960)
- 1882 – Yanka Kupala, Belarussian writer (d. 1942)
- 1883 – Toivo Kuula, Finnish composer and conductor (d. 1918)
- 1884 – Lion Feuchtwanger, German dramatist (d. 1958)
- 1887 – Marc Chagall, Belarussian–born painter (d. 1985)
- 1891 – Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Japanese general (d. 1945)
- 1891 – Virginia Rappe, American model and actress (d. 1921)
- 1893 – Herbert Feis, American author (d. 1972)
- 1893 – Miroslav Krloza, Croatian author, poet and playwright (d. 1981)
- 1898 – Arnold Horween, American football player (d. 1985)
- 1898 – Teresa Hsu Chi Sing, Singaporean social worker and supercentenarian (d. 2011)
- 1899 – George Cukor, American director (d. 1983)
- 1900 – Earle E. Partridge, American general (d. 1990)

### 1901 – 1950

- 1901 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and director (d. 1974)
- 1901 – Sam Katzman, American director and producer (d. 1973)
- 1901 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese cinematographer (d. 1970)
- 1903 – Ralph Tarrant, English supercentenarian (d. 2013)
- 1906 – Anton Karas, Austrian zither player (d. 1985)
- 1906 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1906 – William Feller, American mathematician (d. 1970)
- 1907 – Robert A. Heinlein, American writer (d. 1988)
- 1911 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian–born composer (d. 2007)
- 1911 – Gretchen Franklin, English actress (d. 2005)
- 1913 – Pinetop Perkins, American musician (d. 2011)
- 1917 – Iva Withers, Canadian–American actress and singer (d. 2014)
- 1917 – Fidel Sanchez Hernandez, President of El Salvador (d. 2003)
- 1919 – Jon Pertwee, British actor (d. 1996)
- 1921 – Ezzard Charles, American boxer (d. 1975)
- 1924 – Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (d. 2007)
- 1927 – Henri Dirickx, Belgian footballer (d. 2018)
- 1927 – Alan J. Dixon, former United States Senator for Illinois (d. 2014)
- 1930 – Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer and author
- 1930 – Theodore Edgar McCarrick, American cardinal
- 1930 – Hank Mobley, American jazz composer (d. 1986)
- 1931 – David Eddings, American writer (d. 2009)
- 1932 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian–American keyboardist and composer (d. 2007)
- 1936 – Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician (d. 2013)
- 1937 – Tung Chee–hwa, Chinese politician
- 1938 – Jan Assmann, German Egyptologist and cultural theorist
- 1939 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress (d. 2015)
- 1940 – Ringo Starr, English drummer (in the Beatles)
- 1940 – Wolfgang Clement, German politician, former Prime Minister of North Rhine–Westphalia
- 1941 – Michael Howard, British politician
- 1941 – Bill Oddie, British comedian and ornithologist
- 1943 – Toto Cutugno, Italian singer–songwriter
- 1944 – Feleti Sevele, former Prime Minister of Tonga
- 1944 – Tony Jacklin, English golfer
- 1944 – Glenys Kinnock, Welsh politician
- 1945 – Michael Ancram, English–Scottish lawyer and politician
- 1945 – Manuel Chaves, Spanish politician, former Prime Minister of Andalusia
- 1945 – Matti Salminen, Finnish opera singer
- 1947 – Gyanendra, former King of Nepal
- 1947 – Victor Manuel, Spanish singer–songwriter
- 1947 – Rob Townsend, English drummer
- 1948 – Kathy Reichs, American writer and forensic anthropologist
- 1949 – Shelley Duvall, American actress
- 1950 – Gerda Hasselfeldt, German politician
- 1950 – Vaughn Armstrong, American actor

### 1951 – 1975

- 1952 – Mando Guerrero, Mexican–American wrestler and stuntman
- 1954 – Rami Fortis, Israeli singer
- 1955 – Rolf Saxon, American actor and voice actor
- 1957 – Berry Sakharof, Israeli singer
- 1957 – Jonathan Dayton, American director and producer
- 1958 – Alexander Svinin, Russian figure skater and coach
- 1959 – Billy Campbell, American actor
- 1959 – Jessica Hahn, American model and actress
- 1959 – Alessandro Nannini, Italian racing driver
- 1960 – Kevin A. Ford, American colonel and astronaut
- 1960 – Ralph Sampson, American basketball player and coach
- 1963 – Vonda Shepard, American singer–songwriter
- 1963 – Geir Karlstad, Norwegian speed skater
- 1964 – Jennifer Gibney, Irish actress
- 1965 – Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player
- 1965 – Jeremy Kyle, English television presenter
- 1966 – Gundula Krause, German–American violinist
- 1968 – Amy Carlson, American actress
- 1968 – Jorja Fox, American actress
- 1969 – Sylke Otto, German luger
- 1969 – Joe Sakic, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 – Robia LaMorte, American actress
- 1970 – Zoe Tyler, English voice coach, singer and performer
- 1970 – Erik Zabel, German cyclist
- 1972 – Lisa Leslie, American basketball player
- 1972 – Kirsten Vangsness, American actress
- 1973 – Kailash Kher, Indian singer
- 1973 – Troy Garity, American actor
- 1973 – Karlis Skrastins, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1973 – Natsuki Takaya, Japanese illustrator
- 1974 – Jennifer Jones, Canadian curler
- 1975 – Nina Hoss, German actress
- 1975 – Richard Arkless, Scottish politician

### From 1976

- 1976 – Vasily Petrenko, Russian conductor
- 1976 – Erciment Olgundeniz, Turkish athlete
- 1976 – Hamish Linklater, American actor
- 1980 – Michelle Kwan, American figure skater
- 1981 – Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian cricketer
- 1981 – Synyster Gates, American guitarist (Avenged Sevenfold)
- 1982 – George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
- 1983 – Justin Davies, Australian footballer
- 1983 – Jakob Poulsen, Danish footballer
- 1984 – Alberto Aquilani, Italian footballer
- 1985 – Brandon Rush, American basketball player
- 1986 – Ana Kasparian, American journalist and producer
- 1987 – Julianna Guill, American actress
- 1988 – Iban Rubin, American drummer
- 1988 – Kaci Brown, American singer
- 1988 – Jack Whitehall, English comedian and actor
- 1989 – Kim Bum, South Korean actor and singer
- 1991 – Alesso, Swedish DJ and producer
- 1992 – Toni Garrn, German model
- 1994 – Ashton Irwin, Australian singer, 5 Seconds of Summer.
- 1997 – Erina Ikuta, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
- 1998 – Dylan Sprayberry, American actor
- 2000 – Princess Purnika of Nepal

### Up to 1900

- 1162 – Haakon II of Norway (b. 1147)
- 1304 – Pope Benedict XI (b. 1240)
- 1307 – King Edward I of England (b. 1239)
- 1537 – Madeleine of Valois, French–born Queen Consort of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)
- 1647 – Thomas Hooker, English Puritan settler in Connecticut (b. 1586)
- 1718 – Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (b. 1690)
- 1790 – Francois Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (b. 1721)
- 1819 – Sophie Blanchard, French balloonist (b. 1778)
- 1865 – Conspirators in the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln:
    - George Atzerodt (b. 1853)
    - David Herold (b. 1842)
    - Lewis Payne (b. 1844)
    - Mary Surratt (b. 1823)
- 1889 – Giovanni Bottesini, Italian composer, conductor and double–bass virtuoso (b. 1821)
- 1890 – Henri Nestlé, German confectioner and businessman (b. 1814)

### 1901 – 2000

- 1901 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss writer (b. 1827)
- 1922 – Cathal Brugha, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1874)
- 1930 – Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (b. 1859)
- 1932 – Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880)
- 1932 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844)
- 1939 – Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)
- 1950 – Fats Navarro, American trumpeter and composer (b. 1923)
- 1954 – Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (b. 1874)
- 1956 – Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (b. 1886)
- 1964 – Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower (b. 1904)
- 1965 – Moshe Sharett, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
- 1967 – Vivian Leigh, British actress (b. 1913)
- 1971 – Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b. 1901)
- 1972 – King Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
- 1972 – Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
- 1973 – Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
- 1973 – Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
- 1976 – Walter Giesler, American soccer player and referee (b. 1910)
- 1976 – Gustav Heinemann, President of Germany (b. 1899)
- 1978 – Francisco Mendes, 1st Prime Minister of Guinea–Bissau (b. 1933)
- 1983 – Herman Kahn, American futurologist (b. 1922)
- 1984 – Carl Bienish, American BASE jumper and cinematographer (b. 1941)
- 1987 – Germaine Thyssens–Valentin, Dutch–French pianist (b. 1902)
- 1990 – Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920)
- 1990 – Cazuza, Brazilian singer–songwriter (b. 1958)
- 1992 – Josy Barthel, Luxembourgish athlete (b. 1927)
- 1993 – Mia Zapata, American singer–songwriter (b. 1965)
- 1994 – Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (b. 1924)
- 1994 – Cameron Mitchell, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1998 – Lenore Romney, mother of Mitt Romney (b. 1908)

### From 2001

- 2003 – Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian conductor (b. 1924)
- 2003 – Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter, animator and director (b. 1923)
- 2006 – Syd Barrett, British musician (b. 1946)
- 2006 – Rudi Carrell, Dutch singer and entertainer (b. 1934)
- 2008 – Giovanni Viola, Italian footballer (b. 1926)
- 2008 – Dorian Leigh, American model (b. 1917)
- 2012 – Mouss Diouf, French actor (b. 1964)
- 2012 – Leon Schlumpf, Swiss politician (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Anna Wing, English actress (b. 1914)
- 2014 – Peter Underwood, 27th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1937)
- 2014 – Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet–Georgian politician, Soviet foreign minister and President of Georgia (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Andrew Mango, Turkish–British journalist (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine–Spanish footballer (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Dick Jones, American actor (b. 1927)
- 2015 – Maria Barroso, Portuguese actress and politician (b. 1925)
- 2015 – Fons van Wissen, Dutch footballer (b. 1933)
- 2016 – Sally Beauman, British writer (b. 1944)
- 2016 – James Gilbert, Scottish television producer (b. 1923)
- 2016 – Leonard Lee, Canadian businessman (b. 1938)
- 2016 – Cinna Lomnitz, German–born Chilean–Mexican geophysicist (b. 1925)
- 2016 – John O'Rourke, English footballer (b. 1945)
- 2016 – Wolfram Siebeck, German journalist and food critic (b. 1928)
- 2017 – Pam McConnell, Canadian politician (b. 1946)
- 2017 – Egil Monn–Iversen, Norwegian composer (b. 1928)
- 2017 – Jean–Pierre Bernard, French actor (b. 1933)
- 2017 – Pierrette Bloch, French–Swiss artist (b. 1928)
- 2017 – James B. Nutter Sr., American mortgage lender, philanthropist and power broker (b. 1928)
- 2017 – Marina Ratner, Russian–American mathematician (b. 1938)
- 2017 – Kenneth Silverman, American biographer (b. 1936)
- 2018 – William Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcyclist (b. 1985)
- 2018 – Hacène Lalmas, Algerian footballer (b. 1943)
- 2018 – Levko Lukyanenko, Ukrainian politician (b. 1928)
- 2018 – Firuz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani politician and former Prime minister of Azerbaijan (b. 1933)

## Observances

- National Holiday of the Solomon Islands
- Tanabata Matsuri (Japan)
- San Fermín festival in Pamplona, northern Spain: the bull run takes place.