Historical Events on August 7

1325 battle in France

1479 battle between France and the Habsburg royals

Battle in Fermanagh, Ireland during the Nine Years' War

1604 naval action during the Anglo-Spanish War

1720 A major naval battle in the Great Northern War

1791 Surprise attack on Native American village by U.S. militia.

Battle of Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878

1915 world War I battle of the Gallipoli campaign

Battle of the Spanish Civil War fought between August 7 and October 15, 1936

Part of Burma Campaign during World War 2

1947 battle in Tasikmalaya, West Java

Water polo at the 1948 Summer Olympics — Water polo at the Olympics

1949 battle between Indonesian and Dutch forces during the Indonesian National Revolution

1966 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1966

1967 Port Louis riots

Civil rights rally in the United States

1971 clash between police and protesters in Vancouver, Canada

1983 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1983

1988 Hungarian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1988

1998 Colombian presidential inauguration

Bomb in Baghdad killed 17 people and injured many more

Colombian presidential inaugurtation

Battle of Al Waki Market

Nigerian church shooting

Military confrontation between the Lebanese Armed Forces and ISIL, Nusra Front fighters.

Air India Express Flight 1344 — 7 August 2020 aircraft crash in Kerala, India

Colombian presidential inaugurtation