Events & Holidays In July - 09

Constitution Day (Palau)

HM Hassan Il's Birthday (Morocco)

Independence Day (Argentina)

São Paulo State Civil Holiday (Brazil)

Senior Race Day (Isle of Man)

Youth Day (Morocco)

1511  On this day in history birth of dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1571)  

1513  On this day in history birth of john van Hembyze, Flemish calvinist  

1535  On this day in history birth of emanuel van Meteren, Southern Neth, merchant/historian  

1577  On this day in history birth of thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist (d. 1618)  

1578  On this day in history birth of ferdinand II, King of Bohemia/Hungary/German Emperor (1619-37)  

1589  Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist was born on this day in history.  

1654  On this day in history birth of emperor Reigen of Japan (d. 1732)  

1686  Philip Livingston, American politician (d. 1749) was born on this day in history.  

1228  On this day in history death of stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1386  On this day in history death of leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)  

1441  On this day in history jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies  

1553  Death of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521) on this day in history.  

1639  Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1654  On this day in history ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies  

1677  On this day in history angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies  

1696  Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies on this day in history.