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  Elizabeth Tudor, English princess (d. 1495) was born on this day in history.  

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  Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1504  Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies on this day in history.  

1566  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1582  On this day in history death of akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)  

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.