Page 2: Historical Events In July - 06

1638  On July - 06 gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter   

1641  Battle at La Marfée Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French govt army on this day in history.   

1652  Fire on Dutch Dam (Amsterdam's city hall burns) on this day in history.   

1668  On July - 06 peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist   

1669  On this day in history laSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River   

1673  On July - 06 french troops conquer Maastricht as part of the Franco-Dutch War   

1678  On July - 06 nicola Francesco Haym, composer   

1685  On July - 06 battle at Sedgemoor: King James II beats duke of Monmouth   

1687  Newton publishes "Principia" on this day in history.   

1699  Capt William Kidd arrested in Boston on July - 06.   

1699  On this day in history pirate Capt William Kidd is captured in Boston   

1701  On this day in history william Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged   

1702  On this day in history franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer   

1734  Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69 on July - 06.   

1739  Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer on July - 06.   

1747  Birth of John Paul Jones at Arbigland, Scotland on July - 06.   

1747  On July - 06 coelestin Jungbauer, composer   

1753  On July - 06 john H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized   

1757  French troops sent to re-enforce Louisbourg; the Corps Royal, consisting of six officers, four hundred recruits from France, and twenty artillery men, plus two battalions of the Berry Regiment on July - 06.   

1758  George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general on this day in history.   

1762  Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34 on this day in history.   

1765  Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1768  Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78 on July - 06.   

1770  On this day in history battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish   

1773  Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer on this day in history.   

1775  Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes & Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent on this day in history.   

1776  On July - 06 dec of Ind announced on front page of the "PA Evening Gazette"   

1776  Dec of Ind announced on front page of "PA Evening Gazette" on July - 06.   

1777  On July - 06 british Gen Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans   

1782  On July - 06 british-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies)   

1782  Luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet on July - 06.   

1785  Congress resolves US currency named "dollar" & adopts decimal coinage on this day in history.   

1785  The birth of John Paul Jones, American War of Independence hero on this day in history.   

1785  William J Hooker, English botanist/director (Kew Gardens) on this day in history.   

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1542  On July - 06 birth of elisabeth van Nassau, daughter of Willem/Juliana van Stolberg   

1580  On July - 06 birth of johann Stobaeus, composer   

1632  On July - 06 birth of albert Schop, composer   

1632  On July - 06 birth of pietro Reggio, composer   

1638  Gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1668  On July - 06 birth of peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist   

1678  On this day in history birth of nicola Francesco Haym, composer   

1686  On this day in history birth of antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758)   

1189  On July - 06 henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56   

1218  Death of Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166) on this day in history.   

1415  Death of Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany on this day in history.   

1476  Regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies on this day in history.   

1480  Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64 on July - 06.   

1533  On July - 06 ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57   

1535  On July - 06 death of thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57   

1553  On this day in history edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15