Historical Events In July - 13
Wednesday, 17 June 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. 

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 

1793 French rev writer Jean Paul Marat murdered by Charlotte Corday. 

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