Historical Events In July - 13
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
0574 John III ends his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0574 John III, Italian Pope (561-74), dies 

0939 Leo VII, Italian Pope (936-39), dies 

1024 The Holy Roman Emperor Henry II dies at age 51 after a 10-year reign 

1024 Henry II, the Monk, German King (1002-24), dies 

1105 Rashi, [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies. 

1174 Scottish King William captured. 

1205 Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England. 

1309 Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies. 

1380 Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60 

1396 Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy 

1522 Hunger appeal by women of Utrecht 

1527 John Dee, English scientist is born. 

1527 John Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician. 

1558 Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. 

1568 Dean of St Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer. 

1573 Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army. 

1590 Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italy, Pope (1670-76). 

1608 Ferdinand III, King of Hungary/Bohemia/German Emperor (1637-57) 

1621 Albrecht/Albertus, archduke of Austria, dies at 61 

1643 Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies. 

1645 Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as czar of Russia 

1657 Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert. 

1668 Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro," premieres in Vienna. 

1700 Russian-Turkish peace 

1755 Edward Braddock, British general, dies in battle at Pittsburgh. 

1762 James Bradley 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies. 

1762 James Bradley, 3rd Astronomer Royal, dies 

1772 Capt James Cook begins 2nd trip (Resolution) to South Seas. 

1773 Wilhelm H Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies about Art). 

1777 Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61. 

1785 Stephen Hopkins, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 78. 

1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery). 

1787 Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60000 pop. 

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