Events & Holidays In July - 03

Danish West Indies Emancipation Day (US Virgin Islands)

Day of the Child (Argentina)

Independence Celebrations begin (Bahamas)

Independence Day (Belarus)

1423  On this day in history birth of louis XI, King of France (1461-83)  

1442  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)  

1530  Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.  

1567  Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain) was born on this day in history.  

1676  Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.  

1683  Edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint) was born on this day in history.  

1685  On this day in history birth of sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)  

1687  On this day in history birth of arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)  

0683  On this day in history leo II, Pope (681-83), dies  

1090  On this day in history egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle  

1570  On this day in history death of antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67  

1642  Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 on this day in history.  

1672  On this day in history death of francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635)  

1704  On this day in history death of sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657)  

1749  Death of William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675) on this day in history.  

1778  Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies on this day in history.