Events & Holidays In July - 02

Flag Day (Curacao)

Salvation Army Founders Day (United States of America)

1029  On this day in history birth of caliph Al-Mustansir of Cairo (d. 1094)   

1262  On this day in history birth of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1312)   

1363  On this day in history birth of mary, Queen of Sicily (d. 1401)   

1489  Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr was born on this day in history.   

1492  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495)   

1581  On this day in history birth of johann Staden, composer   

1589  Guillaume van Messaus, composer was born on this day in history.   

1636  On this day in history birth of daniel Speer, composer   

0783  On this day in history bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies   

0936  On this day in history henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies   

1298  On this day in history adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43   

1504  On this day in history stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies   

1566  On this day in history nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62   

1582  Death of Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history death of vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)   

1619  Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies on this day in history.