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May 7

May 7's recorded history is unusually compressed, gathered within recent centuries rather than reaching into antiquity. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and disaster looms large.

♉ZodiacTaurus ◈BirthstoneEmerald ❀Birth flowerLily of the Valley

Taurus is the sign for May 7 — read more on the Taurus page, or see May's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on May 7?

May 7 is the 127th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1794 and 2023. Famous people born on May 7 include Rabindranath Tagore, Johannes Brahms and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Released on May 7

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Akuma Rise
  • Game Mixtape
  • Game Will: Follow the Light
  • Game Alabaster Dawn
  • Movie Remarkably Bright Creatures
  • Movie Krishnavataram Part 1: The Heart (Hridayam)
  • TV M.I.A.
  • TV Legends

2024

  • Game Heading Out
  • Game Solo Leveling: Arise

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1794

    French Revolution

  2. 1824

    Ludwig van Beethoven

  3. 1895

    Saint Petersburg

  4. 1915

    World War I

  5. 1930

    1930 Salmas earthquake

  6. 1940

    World War II

  7. 1991

    Bright Sparklers fireworks disaster

  8. 1999

    Kosovo War

  9. 1999

    Pope John Paul II

  10. 2023

    2023 Tanur boat disaster

Famous birthday twins

Born on May 7

Rabindranath Tagore

b. 1861

Johannes Brahms

b. 1833

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

b. 1840

Josip Broz Tito

b. 1892

David Hume

b. 1711

Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia

b. 1553

Eva Perón

b. 1919

Karl Mauch

b. 1837

Deaths

  • 2011Willard Boyle
  • 1825Antonio Salieri
  • 1667Johann Jakob Froberger
  • 1617David Fabricius
  • 1234Otto I, Duke of Merania
  • 973Otto the Great

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Agathius of Byzantium
  • —Christian feast day: Agostino Roscelli
  • —Christian feast day: Anthony of Kiev
  • —Christian feast day: Pope Benedict II
  • —Christian feast day: Flavia Domitilla
  • —Christian feast day: Gisela of Hungary
  • —Christian feast day: Harriet Starr Cannon (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • —Christian feast day: John of Beverley

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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