Day In History
This Day in History
Today: July 7, 2026
1124
The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks.
1456
A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution.
1520
Spanish conquistadores defeat a larger Aztec army at the Battle of Otumba.
1534
Jacques Cartier makes his first contact with aboriginal peoples in what is now Canada.
1575
The Raid of the Redeswire is the last major battle between England and Scotland.
1585
The Treaty of Nemours abolishes tolerance to Protestants in France.
1667
An English fleet completes the destruction of a French merchant fleet off Fort St Pierre, Martinique during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.[1]
1770
The Battle of Larga between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire takes place.
1777
American forces retreating from Fort Ticonderoga are defeated in the Battle of Hubbardton.
1798
As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
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