August 7 in History

7 August in History – 84 years ago

Italian Conquest of British Somaliland

Southern Asia 1940: Italian Conquest of British Somaliland

The Second World War did not start well for the Allies, with Germany defeating France in... SEE MORE…

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Historical Atlas of Northern Eurasia 2008: South Ossetia War
Northern Eurasia 2008
South Ossetia War
Following the Color Revolutions of the early 2000s, it began to look like Georgia, Ukraine, and...
Historical Atlas of Eastern Mediterranean 1946: Turkish Straits Crisis
Eastern Mediterranean 1946
Turkish Straits Crisis
In August 1946 the Soviet Union, angered by Turkey’s apparent bias in favor of the Western...
Historical Atlas of Southern Asia 1940: Italian Conquest of British Somaliland
Southern Asia 1940
Italian Conquest of British Somaliland
The Second World War did not start well for the Allies, with Germany defeating France in June...
Historical Atlas of Sub-Saharan Africa 1916: East African Campaign
Sub-Saharan Africa 1916
East African Campaign
By March 1916 the Allies had conquered all of the German colonial empire except for German East...
Historical Atlas of Northern Africa 1897: Kitchener in Sudan
Northern Africa 1897
Kitchener in Sudan
In March 1896 Anglo-Egyptian forces under Herbert Kitchener began their reconquest of Sudan from...
 

on 7 August 1960

Ivory Coast gains independence from France

All Events on 7 August

starts   2008
Russian war with Georgia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia
starts   1999
Chechen incursion into Dagestan
ends   1970
Sporadic Arab clashes with Israeli occupation forces
  1960
Ivory Coast gains independence from France
ends   1958
Civil war in Colombia
starts   1946
Soviet Union pressures Turkey over control of Turkish Straits
  1942
US forces land on Guadalcanal
starts   1933
Assyrians massacred in northern Iraq
ends   1916
French attempt to conquer the Tibesti
starts   1914
Germans defeat French incursion & overrun Belgium
ends   1907
French bombard and occupy Casablanca
  1897
Anglo-Egyptian forces take Abu Hamed
starts   1808
British help evacuate Spanish troops posted in Denmark
starts   436
Visigoths unsuccessfully besiege Narbonne*
  409
Honorius makes pact with Huns*
ends   346
Unsuccessful Persian siege of Nisibis*
starts   316
Relations break down between Constantine and Licinius*
  287
Part of Armenia restored under Roman influence*
starts   249
Himyar fights Hadramawt, Saba’, and Aksum*
ends   177
Mauri invasion of Baetica repulsed*
ends   79
Roman forces conquer Cambria*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 7 August for purposes of Omniatlas

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