The Great Natchez Tornado
Time: Thursday May 7, 1840
Place: Natchez and Mississippi, U.S.
Details: The Great Natchez Tornado hit Natchez, Mississippi, on Thursday, May 7, 1840. This tornado was the second deadliest tornado in United States history; at least 317 people were killed and at least 109 were injured.
‹ Earlier in historyThe new Pugin-Barry designMonday Apr 27, 1840 Later in history ›Douglass delivered a speech in Elmira1840
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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Monday May 7, 1849 - Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
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Saturday May 7, 1892 - Kumrovec, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (Now Croatia)
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Wednesday May 7, 1902 - Martinique
Hungarian–Romanian War-The Treaty of Bucharest
Tuesday May 7, 1918 - Buftea, Romania
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Tuesday May 7, 1918 - Bucharest, Romania
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Tuesday May 7, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
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Tuesday May 7, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
Winston Churchill-Allies accepted Germany's surrender
Monday May 7, 1945 - Reims, France
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Tuesday May 7, 1946 - Tokyo, Japan
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Wednesday May 7, 1952 - Washington, D.C., U.S.
Vietnam War-The Geneva Conference
Friday May 7, 1954 - Geneva, Switzerland
Ho Chi Minh-The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Friday May 7, 1954 - Điện Biên Phủ, Dien Bien, Vietnam
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Manila Conference
Monday May 7, 1979 - Manila, Philppines
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Latvia's Prime Minister
Monday May 7, 1990 - Latvia
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Friday May 7, 1999 - Belgrade, Serbia
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Friday May 7, 1999 - London, England, United Kingdom
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Sunday May 7, 2000 - Moscow, Russia
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Wednesday May 7, 2003 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Zinedine Zidane-Retirement
Sunday May 7, 2006 - Madrid, Spain
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Friday May 7, 2010 - the Army Air Corps Base (AAC), Middle Wallop, England
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Tuesday May 7, 2013 - Leicester Square London, WC2 United Kingdom
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Thursday May 7, 2015 - London, England
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Thursday May 7, 2015 - England
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Sunday May 7, 2017 - France
Vladimir Putin-Fourth presidential term
Monday May 7, 2018 - Moscow, Russia
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Monday May 7, 2018 - United States
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Tuesday May 7, 2019 - Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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Thursday May 7, 2020 - Geneva, Switzerland
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Saturday May 7, 1718 - England
1840
Incandescent light bulb-Warren de la Rue's Invention
1840 - England
Cameras-Peter Friedrich Voigtländer All-Metal Camera
1840 - Germany
Frederick Douglass-Douglass subscribed to Wm. Lloyd Garrison's weekly newspaper "The Liberator"
1840 - U.S.
Frederick Douglass-Douglass became a licensed preacher
1840 - New York, U.S.
Buckingham Palace-Prince Albert concerned himself with a reorganization of the household offices and staff
1840 - London, England, United Kingdom
The palace of Westminster England-The new Pugin-Barry design
Monday Apr 27, 1840 - London, England, United Kingdom
Frederick Douglass-Douglass delivered a speech in Elmira
1840 - Elmira, New York, U.S.
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt-The Convention of London of 1840
Wednesday Jul 15, 1840 - London, United Kingdom
Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln and Mary engaged
1840 - Illinois, U.S.
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Friday Nov 27, 1840 - Egypt
Napoleon-Funeral
Tuesday Dec 15, 1840 - Paris, France