| 7 April 331 BC | Greece, Egypt [campaigns of Alexander the Great (334–323 BC)] | Alexander the Great of Macedon takes the first major step in his Hellenizing process by founding the greatest of the cities he names after himself, Alexandria, in the Nile delta, Egypt. Many Greeks emigrate to these new cities. |
| 7 April 1118 | Holy Roman Empire [administration] | Pope Gelasius II, in exile in Capua, Italy, excommunicates Emperor Henry V of Germany. |
| 7 April 1614 | Spain, Greece [births and deaths] | El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), celebrated Greco-Spanish painter, whose major works include View of Toledo (c. 1610) and The Adoration of the Shepherds (1612–14), dies in Toledo, Spain (c. 73). |
| 7 April 1655 | Papal States, Italy [Catholicism] | Pope Alexander VII is elected following the death of Innocent X. |
| 7–14 April 1715 | Prussia, Saxony, Poland, Hanover, Denmark-Norway, Sweden, Germany, Holy Roman Empire [Great Northern War (1700–21)] | Prussia, Saxony, Poland, Hanover, and Denmark form an alliance against Sweden and war is declared. As part of this pact, Prussia and Denmark agree that Strausund and Rugen should become Danish in compensation for Bremen and Verdun going to Hanover. |
| 7 April 1770 | England [births and deaths] | William Wordsworth, English Romantic poet, and poet laureate 1843–50, born in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England (–1850). |
| 7 April 1831 | Brazil, Portugal [political events] | Emperor Pedro I of Brazil abdicates in favour of his son, in order to return to Portugal to aid his daughter, Oueen Maria II, who is being challenged by his brother, Dom Miguel, for the throne. |
| 7 April 1897 | Greece, Ottoman Empire, Crete [wars] | Turkey declares war on Greece in retaliation for its support for the revolt in Crete. |
| 7 April 1915 | [births and deaths] | Billie Holiday (real name Eleanora Fagan), US jazz singer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (–1959). |
| 7 April 1927 | USA [technology] | The American Telephone and Telegraph company (AT&T)'s president Walter Gifford gives the first demonstration of television in the USA, in the auditorium of Bell Laboratories. The image and voice of US commerce secretary Herbert Hoover is transmitted from Washington, DC, to New York City. |
| 7 April 1939 | Italy, Albania [political events] | Italy invades and occupies Albania. The Albanian king, Ahmed Bey Zogu, flees to Greece. |
| 7 April 1947 | USA [births and deaths] | Henry Ford, US industrialist who developed the mass-production of cheap Ford cars, dies in Dearborn, Michigan (82). |
| 7 April 1971 | USA, Vietnam [Vietnam War (1954–75)] | The US president Richard Nixon announces the withdrawal of 100,000 more troops from Vietnam by 1 December. |
| 7 April 1980 | USA, Iran [diplomacy] | The USA bans trade with Iran, breaks off relations, and expels Iranian diplomats in the face of the continuing hostage crisis. |
| 7 April 1981 | Philippines [law and government] | A referendum in the Philippines grants sweeping new powers to President Ferdinand Marcos. |
| 7 April 1992 | Europe, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia [Balkan conflicts (c. 1991–2000)] | The European Community formally recognizes the independence of the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina; fighting escalates as the Yugoslav federal air force aids Serb forces. |
| 7 April 1998 | USA [births and deaths] | Tammy Wynette, US country singer, dies in Nashville, Tennessee (55). |
| 7–8 April 2005 | UK [business and economics] | The loss-making MG Rover group, the last independent British volume car maker, suspends production at its Longbridge plant in Birmingham, England, and goes into administration following the failure to secure a joint venture deal with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, China's largest manufacturer. |
