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On November 7, 335: Athanasius, 20th pope of Alexandria, is banished to Trier on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.

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Featured moment · 335

Athanasius, 20th pope of Alexandria, is banished to Trier on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.

Athanasius I of Alexandria, also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria. His intermittent episcopacy spanned 45 years, of which over 17 encompassed five exiles, when he was replaced on the order of four different Roman emperors. Athanasius was a Church Father, the chief proponent of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian Christian leader of the fourth century.

People

Born on November 7

Amybeth McNulty 2001– Irish and Canadian actress (born 2001)
Callum Hudson-Odoi 2000– English footballer (born 2000)
Mink Nutcharut 1999– Thai snooker player
Hongjoong 1998– South Korean rapper and singer (born 1998)
Trevor Rainbolt 1998– American YouTuber and streamer (born 1998)
Erika Hendsel 1997– Estonian tennis player
Nana Okada 1997– Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (born 1997)
Lorde 1996– New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1996)
Gervonta Davis 1994– American boxer (born 1994)
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Haruna Iikubo 1994– Japanese actress and singer (born 1994)
Algee Smith 1994– American actor and rapper (born 1994)
Apisai Koroisau 1992– Fiji international rugby league footballer
Felix Rosenqvist 1991– Swedish racing driver (born 1991)
Daniel Ayala 1990– Spanish footballer (born 1990)
Matt Corby 1990– Australian singer-songwriter (born 1990)
David de Gea 1990– Spanish footballer (born 1990)
Joelle Hadjia 1990– Australian singer (born 1990)
Sonny Gray 1989– American baseball player (born 1989)

People

Died on November 7

Bruce Degen American writer (1945–2024)
Frank Borman American astronaut and lunar explorer (1928–2023)
Dean Stockwell American actor (1936–2021) Jonathan Sacks British Orthodox rabbi and politician (1948–2020)
Janette Sherman American physician (1930–2019)
Roy Halladay American baseball pitcher (1977–2017)
Carl Sargeant Welsh politician
James R. Thompson Jr. Deputy Administrator of NASA
Leonard Cohen Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
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Janet Reno American lawyer and public official (1938–2016)
Jimmy Young British disc jockey and singer (1921–2016)
Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Indian film director and poet
Ri Ul-sol North Korean marshal (1921–2015)
Lincoln D. Faurer United States Air Force general
Kajetan Kovič Slovene poet, writer, translator and journalist
Allen Ripley American baseball player (1952–2014)
John Cole British journalist and broadcaster (1927–2013)
Ian Davies Australian basketball player

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Every November 7 on record

  1. 335 Athanasius, 20th pope of Alexandria, is banished to Trier on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.

    Pope of Alexandria from 328 to 373

    Athanasius I of Alexandria, also called Athanasius the Great, Athanasius the Confessor, or, among Coptic Christians, Athanasius the Apostolic, was a Christian theologian and the 20th patriarch of Alexandria. His intermittent episcopacy spanned 45 years, of which over 17 encompassed five exiles, when he was replaced on the order of four different Roman emperors. Athanasius was a Church Father, the chief proponent of Trinitarianism against Arianism, and a noted Egyptian Christian leader of the fourth century.

  2. 680 The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.

    680s council of the Christian churches

    The Third Council of Constantinople, counted as the Sixth Ecumenical Council by the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches, and by certain other Western Churches, met in 680–681 and condemned monoenergism and monothelitism as heretical and defined Jesus Christ as having two energies and two wills.

  3. 921 Treaty of Bonn: The Frankish kings Charles the Simple and Henry the Fowler sign a peace treaty or 'pact of friendship' (amicitia) to recognize their borders along the Rhine.

    921 treaty between West and East Francia

    On 7 November 921, the Treaty of Bonn, the text of which calls itself a "pact of friendship" (amicitia), was signed between Charles III of France and Henry I of Germany in a minimalist ceremony aboard a ship in the middle of the Rhine not far from Bonn. The use of the river, which was the border between their two kingdoms, as a neutral territory had extensive Carolingian precedents and was also used in classical antiquity and in contemporary Anglo-Saxon England.

  4. 1426 Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi.

    Rebellion against Ming rule in Vietnam (1418–27)

    The Lam Sơn uprising was a rebellion against Ming China led by Vietnamese leader Lê Lợi. The uprising began in early 1418 and ended in late 1427 with the victory of the Lam Sơn rebels, the retreat of the Ming army after the Đông Quan oath, and the establishment of the Later Lê dynasty.

  5. 1492 The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.

    Stony meteorite which landed outside Ensisheim in present-day Alsace, France (1492)

    The Ensisheim meteorite is a stony meteorite that fell on November 7, 1492 in a wheat field outside the walled town of Ensisheim in then Alsace, Further Germany. The meteorite can still be seen in Ensisheim's museum, the sixteenth-century Musée de la Régence. It is the oldest recorded stony European meteorite fall from which there is still some meteoritic material preserved.

  6. 1504 Christopher Columbus returns from his fourth and last voyage.
  7. 1619 Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.
  8. 1665 The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
  9. 1723 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Leipzig, was first performed.
  10. 1775 John Murray (also known as Lord Dunmore), the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.
  11. 1786 The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
  12. 1811 Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
  13. 1837 In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
  14. 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
  15. 1861 The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
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  1. 1874 A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
  2. 1881 Mapuche uprising of 1881: Mapuche rebels destroy the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial after defenders fled to the hills.
  3. 1885 The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
  4. 1893 Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
  5. 1893 An anarchist throws two bombs in Barcelona's Liceu opera house, killing 20.
  6. 1900 Second Boer War: The Battle of Leliefontein takes place, during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
  7. 1907 Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometres (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
  8. 1910 The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Morehouse.
  9. 1912 The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
  10. 1913 The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $159,243,000 in 2024 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
  11. 1914 The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces. This leaves Germany without a far east base.
  12. 1916 Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
  13. 1916 Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
  14. 1916 Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
  15. 1917 The October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October, occurs, according to the Gregorian calendar; on this date, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.

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