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Historical Events on February 7

  • Great Siege of Gibraltar

    1783

    American Revolutionary War: French and Spanish forces lift the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

  • Battle of Eylau

    1807

    Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon finds Bennigsen's Russian forces taking a stand at Eylau. After bitter fighting, the French take the town, but the Russians resume the battle the next day.

  • Dreyfus affair

    1898

    Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'accuse.

  • Battle of Vaal Krantz

    1900

    Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

  • Operation Ke

    1943

    World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy forces complete the evacuation of Imperial Japanese Army troops from Guadalcanal during Operation Ke, ending Japanese attempts to retake the island from Allied forces in the Guadalcanal Campaign.

  • Sancheong-Hamyang massacre

    1951

    Korean War: More than 700 suspected communist sympathizers are butchered by South Korean forces.

  • Neptune

    1979

    Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.

  • Downing Street mortar attack

    1991

    The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launched a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.

  • Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

    2013

    The U.S. state of Mississippi officially certifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was formally ratified by Mississippi in 1995.

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