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What Happened On 7th January 1610 In History

January 7th (1610) was a Thursday. It's the 6th day of the year (7th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days left to the end of the year.

Historical Events for 7th January, 1610

  • » Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede (moon) Ganymede, Callisto (moon) Callisto, Io (moon) Io and Europa (moon) Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.

January 7th Holidays in History

  • » Christian Feast Day:
  • » Canute Lavard
  • » Charles of Sezze
  • » St. André Bessette (Canada)
  • » Lucian of Antioch
  • » Raymond of Peñafort
  • » January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • » Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian Calendar)
  • » Distaff Day (medieval Europe)
  • » 'Nanakusa no sekku e.g Festival of Seven Herbs' or 'Nanakusa no sekku' (Japan)
  • » Synaxis of John the Baptist or John the Forerunner & Baptist (Julian Calendar)
  • » Flag of Italy or Tricolour day or 'Festa del Tricolore' (Italy)

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World History for the 7th January