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November 7

November 7 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 680 and 1996. The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneTopaz ❀Birth flowerChrysanthemum

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on November 7?

November 7 is the 311th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 680 and 1996. Famous people born on November 7 include Marie Curie, James Cook and Ögedei Khan.

The shape of the day

November 7 carries an unusually long memory — its events reach back as far as 680. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

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

Released on November 7

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Restaurats
  • Game Voidtrain
  • Movie JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution

2024

  • Game Mario & Luigi: Brothership
  • Game Chicken Police: Into the Hive!
  • Game Metro Awakening VR
  • Game Unrailed 2: Back on Track
  • TV The Day of the Jackal

2022

  • Game Sonic Frontiers

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 680

    Third Council of Constantinople

    The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.

  2. 1723

    O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60

    O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60, a dialogue cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Leipzig, was first performed.

  3. 1811

    Tecumseh's War

    Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.

  4. 1861

    American Civil War

    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.

  5. 1917

    World War I

    World War I: The Third Battle of Gaza ends, with British forces capturing Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.

  6. 1941

    World War II

    World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.

  7. 1975

    Bangladesh

    In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Major General Ziaur Rahman.

  8. 1987

    Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

    The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service.

  9. 1991

    Magic Johnson

    Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV-positive and retires from the NBA.

  10. 1996

    NASA

    NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 7

Marie Curie

b. 1867

Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

James Cook

b. 1728

English captain, navigator, and cartographer

Ögedei Khan

b. 1186

Mongol ruler, 2nd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire

David Guetta

b. 1967

French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter

John Barnes

b. 1963

Jamaican-English footballer and manager

Jean Shrimpton

b. 1942

English model and actress

David Petraeus

b. 1952

American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Leon Trotsky

b. 1879

Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army

Deaths

  • 2023Frank Borman
  • 2016Leonard Cohen
  • 2013Manfred Rommel
  • 2002Rudolf Augstein
  • 1944Richard Sorge
  • 1872Alfred Clebsch

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: All Dominican Saints and Blesseds
  • —Christian feast day: Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (Lutheran)
  • —Christian feast day: Engelbert II of Berg
  • —Christian feast day: Herculanus of Perugia
  • —Christian feast day: John Christian Frederick Heyer (Lutheran)
  • —Christian feast day: Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen (Lutheran)
  • —Christian feast day: Prosdocimus
  • —Christian feast day: Vicente Liem de la Paz (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

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