Page 2: Historical Events In July - 15

1738  Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed   

1741  Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the inaugural Europeans to visit Alaska.   

1751  John Wilson, botanist, dies.   

1755  French ambassador recalled from London.   

1765  Charles Andrew Vanloo, painter, dies.   

1779  US troops under Gen A Wayne conquer Ft Stony Point, NY.   

1779  Clement Clarke Moore, US, author ('Twas the Night Before Xmas).   

1782  Farinelli, Italian singer, dies at 77   

1783  1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France   

1784  Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies   

1787  Parliament of Paris banished to Troyes.   

1789  Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris.   

1789  Jacques Duphly, composer, dies at 74.   

1795  The 'Marseillaise' is adopted as the French national anthem   

1795  "Marseillaise" is recorded as becoming French national anthem.   

1796  Thomas Bulfinch, mythologist (Bulfinch's Mythology)   

1798  Charles H Bell, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1875.   

1798  Gaetano Pugnani, composer, dies at 66.   

1799  Discovery of the Rosetta Stone, which will yield better understanding of the ancient egyptian language.   

1799  The Rosetta Stone is are discovered in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign   

1802  John Barnett, composer   

1806  Zebulon Pike began his journey to explore the Southwest   

1808  French marshal Joachim Murat is recorded as becoming king of Naples   

1808  Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851).   

1810  Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer, dies at 75.   

1812  Benno Adam, animal painter   

1815  Napoleon Bonaparte captured.   

1817  John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway)   

1818  Heinrich Esser, composer   

1823  A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.   

1830  3 Indian tribes, Sioux, Sauk and Fox, signs a treaty giving the US most of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri.   

1839  Winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies   

1840  England, Russia, Austria and Prussia signs Quadruple Alliance   

1848  Vilfredo F D Pareto, Italian economist/sociologist.   

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1273  Ewostatewos: Ethiopian monk and religious leader   

1353  Vladimir the bold: Russian prince   

1458  Juan ponce de leon: Spanish explorer   

1471  Eskender: Emperor of ethiopia   

1553  Archduke ernest of austria: Archduke ernest of austria (d. 1595)   

1573  Inigo jones: London, architect (restored st paul's cathedral)   

1606  Rembrandt van rijn: Leiden netherlands, painter (night watch)   

1606  Rembrandt: Dutch artist   

0668  Death of Constantius ii: Emperor of byzantium,   

1085  Death of Robert guiscard: Duke of apulia & calabria,   

1262  Death of Richard de clare: 6th earl of hertford, english soldier (b. 1222)   

1274  John f bonaventura: Ital/french theologist/dominican/saint,   

1291  Death of Rudolf i: King of germany & holy roman empire,   

1381  Death of John ball: English priest/ideologist of boer uprising, hanged   

1406  Death of Duke william of austria: Duke william of austria (b. c.1370)   

1410  Ulrich von jungingen: German grand master of the teutonic knights (killed in battle) (b. 1360)