Year 1856
The British annexed Awadh Kingdom. Emperor Wajid Ali Shah was imprisoned.
FEBRUARY 7
Daily Historical Chronicle
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7 February: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 7 February.
Year 1940
Railways nationalized in Britain.
Year 1948
Neil Harvey became the youngest Australian to score a century in Test cricket.
Year 1959
Fidel Castro announced the new constitution of Cuba.
Year 1999
Crown Prince Abdullah of Jordan assumed the throne.
Year 2009
President Pratibha Tai Patil was conferred the title of D Lit by the Governor of Maharashtra, S. C. Jamir.
Year 2012
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of a Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
Year 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.
Year 2014
Scientists announce that the Happisburgh footprints in Norfolk, England, dating back to more than 800,000 years ago, making them the oldest known hominid footprints outside Africa.
Year 2016
North Korea launches Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4 into outer space violating multiple UN treaties and prompting condemnation from around the world.
Born 1812
Charles Dickens, an English writer, and social critic.
Born 1864
P. S. Sivaswami Iyer, a prominent lawyer, administrator, and statesman.
Born 1898
Ramabai Bhimrao Ambedkar, the first wife of B. R. Ambedkar.
Born 1902
Devaneya Pavanar, a prominent Indian Tamil author.
Born 1934
Sujit Kumar, an Indian film actor, and producer.
Born 1938
S. Ramachandran Pillai, a communist politician from Kerala, India.
Born 1987
Durjoy Datta, an Indian author, and screenwriter.
Born 1993
Srikanth Kidambi, an Indian badminton player.
Born 1500
João de Castro, viceroy of Portuguese India (d. 1548)
Born 1908
Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian journalist and author (d. 2000)
Born 1964
Ashok Banker, Indian journalist, author, and screenwriter
Died 1333
Nikko, the founder of Shoshu Buddhism.
Died 1894
Adolphe Sax, a Belgian inventor, and musician created the saxophone.
Died 1938
Harvey S. Firestone, an American businessman and the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.
Died 1999
Hussein bin Talal, King of Jordan.
Died 2017
Richard Hatch, American actor (b. 1945)
Died 2017
Hans Rosling, Swedish academic (b. 1948)
Died 2017
Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian philosopher (b. 1939)
Died 2019
John Dingell, American politician (b. 1926)
Died 2019
Albert Finney, English actor (b. 1936)
Died 2019
Jan Olszewski, Polish politician, 3rd Prime Minister (b. 1930)
Died 2019
Frank Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1935)