1494
Politics
Treaty of Tordesillas dividing overseas territories
Concluded the Treaty of Tordesillas with Portugal, dividing non-European territories between the Spanish and Portuguese crowns.
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24 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1557
Politics
England enters war against France under Mary
England declared war on France, supporting Philip II, leading to the loss of Calais.
View details1831
Literature
Birth of Amelia Edwards
Amelia Edwards was born on June 7, 1831, in London, England.
View details1899
Literature
Birth of Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen was born on June 7, 1899, in Dublin, Ireland.
View details1904
Science
Granted U.S. Patent No. 760,289 for Street-Sweeping Machine
Florence Parpart received U.S. Patent No. 760,289 for an improved mechanical street-sweeping machine, automating urban street cleaning.
View details1909
Medicine
Birth of Virginia Apgar
Virginia Apgar was born in Westfield, New Jersey, United States.
View details1910
Science
Birth of Marion Post Wolcott in New Jersey
Marion Post was born on June 7, 1910, in Bloomfield, New Jersey, into a middle-class family that would shape her progressive, independent outlook.
View details1917
Literature
Birth of Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks is born in Topeka, Kansas.
View details1920
Literature
Marriage to Ernest Stock
Porter married Ernest Stock in Denver, Colorado; the brief marriage was annulled within a year.
View details1921
Activism
Wisconsin Equal Rights Law enacted
Wisconsin’s Equal Rights Law, drafted by Zona Gale, granted women equal legal rights in suffrage, contracts, and more.
View details1929
Politics
First woman Cabinet minister and privy counsellor
Appointed Minister of Labour, marking her as Britain's first female Cabinet minister.
View details1933
Science
Birth of Tsuneko Okazaki
Birth of Tsuneko Okazaki in Nagoya, Japan, later a pioneering molecular biologist known for Okazaki fragments.
View details1942
Activism
Arrival in New York as wartime refugee
On 7 June 1942 Simone Weil arrives in New York as a refugee from Nazi‑occupied France, beginning a brief U.S. exile before moving to London.
View details1944
Science
Arrested at the Hungarian border during rescue mission
Szenes was captured by Hungarian gendarmes on 7 June 1944 while attempting to cross from Yugoslavia into occupied Hungary to aid Jews and downed Allied airmen.
View details1965
Science
Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme Court decision
The Supreme Court struck down bans on contraceptives for married couples, recognizing a constitutional right to marital privacy.
View details1967
1980
Literature
Death of Elizabeth Craig
Elizabeth Craig passed away on June 7, 1980, leaving behind a legacy in culinary literature.
View details1990
Sports
Death of Mary Katherine Campbell
Death of Mary Katherine Campbell, the only person ever to win Miss America twice.
View details1998
Science
First woman to win Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
Julie Taymor became the first woman to win the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, for The Lion King.
View details2000
Arts
Awarded the Praemium Imperiale for sculpture
Received the Praemium Imperiale in sculpture, 2000.
View details2009
Literature
Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis for "Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel)"
Awarded the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis for *Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel)*.
View details2010
Literature
Awarded the Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit
Herta Müller received Germany's Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit.
View details2018
Arts
Appointment as Pritzker Prize juror
Sejima was appointed to the international jury of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, helping select future laureates.
View details2020
Exploration
First woman to reach Challenger Deep; first person to reach both space and Challenger Deep
Sullivan descended nearly 11 km to Challenger Deep aboard Limiting Factor, becoming the first woman there and first person to reach both space and the ocean's deepest point.
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