1110
Science
Marriage to Henry V, King of the Romans
Matilda married Henry V, King of the Romans, at Mainz, becoming queen-designate of the Holy Roman Empire.
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21 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1536
Politics
Death of Catherine of Aragon
Death of Catherine of Aragon at Kimbolton Castle, England, following enforced seclusion.
View details1558
Politics
Loss of Calais to France
Calais, England’s last continental possession, was lost to French forces.
View details1775
Science
First woman to circumnavigate the globe
By landing at La Rochelle on 7 January 1775, Jeanne Baret became recognized as the first woman known to have circumnavigated the Earth.
View details1775
Science
Return to France at La Rochelle
Jeanne Baret landed at La Rochelle on 7 January 1775, completing her long journey back to France after nearly a decade abroad.
View details1890
Science
Filed U.S. patent application for railway-crossing gate
Mary Isabelle Riggin files U.S. patent application for her pioneering railway-crossing gate design, an early automated safety device for rail–road intersections.
View details1891
Science
Birth of Zora Neale Hurston in Notasulga, Alabama
Zora Neale Hurston was born on January 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, though she often claimed Eatonville, Florida as her birthplace.
View details1891
Literature
Birth of Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston is born in Notasulga, Alabama, the fifth of eight children.
View details1895
Arts
Birth of Clara Haskil
Clara Haskil was born on January 7, 1895, in Bucharest, Romania.
View details1901
Politics
Return to Beijing after Boxer Rebellion
Cixi returns to Beijing, initiating reform era post-Boxer Rebellion.
View details1911
Science
Birth of Yolande Elsa Maria Unternahrer (Beekman)
Born in Paris, France, to Swiss parents, the future SOE wireless operator Yolande Beekman began her life on 7 January 1911.
View details1912
Medicine
Death of Sophia Jex-Blake
Sophia Jex-Blake died on 7 January 1912 at her home in Rotherfield, Sussex, aged 71.
View details1918
Activism
First woman to enlist in the United States Coast Guard
Myrtle Rae Holthaus Hazard became the first woman to enlist in the United States Coast Guard on January 7, 1918.
View details1926
Arts
Marriage to George Burns
Gracie Allen married comedian George Burns on January 7, 1926.
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1939
Science
Experimental proof of new element 87 (francium)
Perey experimentally established that anomalous radiation in her purified actinium samples was caused by a new element, atomic number 87, later named francium.
View details1943
Science
Birth of Sadako Sasaki in Hiroshima
Sadako Sasaki was born in Hiroshima, Japan, on January 7, 1943, two years before the atomic bombing that would ultimately claim her life.
View details1958
1988
Science
Delivered 1988 AWM Noether Lecture in Atlanta
Uhlenbeck delivered her Noether Lecture 'Applications of Nonlinear Functional Analysis in Geometry' at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Atlanta.
View details2007
Science
Announcement of 2007 Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research
The AMS announced Karen Uhlenbeck would receive the 2007 Steele Prize for her landmark 1982 paper on Yang-Mills fields.
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Arts
First Black female recipient of Cecil B. DeMille Award
Receives the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award, becoming the first Black woman to earn this lifetime-achievement honor.
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