Events & Holidays In July - 07

HM the King's Birthday (Nepal)

Independence Day (Solomon Islands)

Running of the Bulls (Spain)

Saba Saba (Tanzania)

Unity/Victory Day (Yemen)

1053  Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129) was born on this day in history.  

1119  On this day in history birth of emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164)  

1528  On this day in history birth of anna of Austria, Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of Ferdinand I (d. 1590)  

1586  On this day in history birth of thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (d. 1646)  

1656  On this day in history birth of guru Har Krishan, 8th Guru of Sikhism (d. 1664)  

1690  On this day in history birth of johann Tobias Krebs, composer  

1710  Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer was born on this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history birth of ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer  

1129  On this day in history shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1072-86)/budhist monk, dies at 76  

1304  On this day in history benedict XI, [Niccolo Boccasini], Pope (1303-04), dies  

1307  Edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1348  John Andreae, Italian canonist, dies on this day in history.  

1537  On this day in history death of madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)  

1572  Sigismund II August, last Jagellonen king of Poland, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1573  On this day in history death of giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507)  

1647  On this day in history thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies