September 7

© 1997, 1998 by Paul A. Schons

September 7, 1714

The Treaty of Baden is signed by which the French control Alsace and Austria the east bank of the Rhine.

September 7, 1816

Birth of Ferdinand von Hebra in Brünn, Austria (now Czech Republic). He took up the practice of medicine in Vienna and there founded the New Vienna school of dermatology, which set the standard for modern dermatology.

September 7, 1940

The "Battle of Britain". The air attacks on London which will continue for 57 consecutive nights begin. (World War II)

September 7, 1943

Italy surrenders to the Allied forces in WWII.

September 7, 1944

The first V-2 rocket hits Britain in WWII.

September 7, 1949

The first German Bundestag assembles in Bonn.

September 7-11, 1987

Erich Honecker visits West Germany.