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  On this day in history birth of emperor Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1129)   

1119  Emperor Sutoku of Japan (d. 1164) was born on this day in history.   

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  Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1304  Benedict XI, [Niccolo Boccasini], Pope (1303-04), dies on this day in history.   

1307  On this day in history edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68   

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  Thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies on this day in history.