Historical Events In July - 06

1638  On this day in history gerrit A Berckheyde, Dutch painter  

1641  On July - 06 battle at La Marfée Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French govt army  

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

1668  On this day in history peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist  

1669  LaSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River on July - 06.  

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

1678  On this day in history nicola Francesco Haym, composer  

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

1687  Newton publishes "Principia" on July - 06.  

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

1699  Pirate Capt William Kidd is captured in Boston on this day in history.  

1701  On July - 06 william Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged  

1702  On this day in history franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer  

1734  On July - 06 nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69  

1739  On July - 06 freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer  

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

1747  On July - 06 coelestin Jungbauer, composer  

1753  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1758  On July - 06 george Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general  

1762  On this day in history peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34  

1765  On July - 06 ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76  

1768  On this day in history conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78  

1770  On July - 06 battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish  

1773  On this day in history wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer  

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

1776  On this day in history dec of Ind announced on front page of the "PA Evening Gazette"  

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

1777  British Gen Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans on this day in history.  

1782  British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies) on this day in history.  

1782  On July - 06 luis [Philippus] Brion, Curacao commander of Colombian fleet  

1785  On this day in history congress resolves US currency named "dollar" & adopts decimal coinage  

1785  The birth of John Paul Jones, American War of Independence hero on July - 06.  

1785  William J Hooker, English botanist/director (Kew Gardens) on July - 06.  

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

1580  Johann Stobaeus, composer was born on July - 06.  

1632  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist  

1678  Nicola Francesco Haym, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 July - 06.  

1415  Death of Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany on July - 06.  

1476  On this day in history regiomontanus, [Johannes Muller of Königsberg], dies  

1480  On this day in history antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64  

1533  On this day in history ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57  

1535  Death of Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57 on July - 06.  

1553  On July - 06 edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15