Historical Events In July - 12
Wednesday, 04 February 2026
0526 In this year, St Felix IV starts his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0783 Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies 

1073 Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies 

1109 Crusaders capture Syria's harbor city of Tripoli. 

1191 Richard Coeur de Lion and Crusaders defeat Saracens in Palestine. 

1290 Jews are expelled from England by order of King Edward I. 

1389 In England, Geoffrey Chaucer is named chief clerk by Richard II 

1429 John [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 

1442 King Alfonso V of Aragon is recorded as becoming king of Naples. 

1450 Jack Cade slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI 

1450 Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI. 

1472 Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and later King of England, marries Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick, in Westminister Abbey. 

1536 Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies 

1542 French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders. 

1543 England's King Henry VIII weds Catherine Parr (6th and last wife). 

1545 Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies 

1549 English boer army occupies Norwich 

1575 Willem van Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon 

1575 Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies 

1580 Ostrog Bible, the inaugural printed Bible in a Slavic language, is published 

1627 English fleet under George Villiers lands on the Rhe [NS=June 22]. 

1630 New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island 

1633 Simon Besler, composer, dies at 49. 

1640 Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies. 

1644 Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals). 

1675 Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer. 

1679 Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act 

1689 Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland 

1690 Orangeman's yearly celebration (The battle of the Orange) - Actually "Battle of the Boyne" ( 1 July 1690), when Protestant had victory in Ireland 

1690 Battle of Boyne-King William III defeats catholic king James II. 

1691 Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II. 

1691 Antonio Pignatelli elected as Pope Innocentius XII. 

1693 John Ashby, English admiral 

1700 Gelderland accepts Gregorian calendar; yesterday is June 30, 1700. 

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