Page 2: Historical Events In July - 17

1704  Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer   

1709  Pascal Collasse, composer, dies at 60   

1712  England, Portugal and France sign ceasefire [or 19th]   

1727  Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor.   

1740  Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV.   

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering.   

1746  Anthonie van de Heim, Dutch pension advisor (1737-46), dies at 53.   

1753  Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies   

1762  Catherine II is recorded as becoming tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia   

1762  Peter III Fjodorovitsj, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34.   

1763  John Jacob Astor, US millionaire is born.   

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education.   

1763  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer, dies at 45   

1764  Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82   

1774  Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata).   

1775  The inaugural military hospital approved   

1775  1st military hospital approved.   

1775  August Harder, composer.   

1788  Russian fleet destroys Swedish.   

1791  Members of the French National Guard under the command of General Lafayette open fire on a crowd of radical Jacobins at the Champ de Mars, Paris, during the French Revolution, killing as many as 50 people.   

1793  Charlotte Corday, murderer (Jean-Paul Marat), is guillotined.   

1794  African Church of St Thomas in Philadelphia, dedicated.   

1794  Richard Allen organizes Phila's Bethel African Meth Episcopal Church.   

1794  Jean-Frederic Edelmann, composer, dies at 45   

1804  Christian Ernst Graf, composer, dies at 80   

1815  Napoleonic Wars: In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort, Charente-Maritime to British forces.   

1817  Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer   

1821  Spain cedes Florida to US.   

1826  Joseph Graetz, composer, dies at 65   

1827  Frederick A Able, English chemist/inventor (cordiet)   

1830  Eelco Refer, linguist (Dictionary for the Dutch translator)   

1832  Johan August Soderman, composer.   

1838  John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82   

1839  Friedrich Gernsheim, composer.   

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1487  Esma'il i: Shah who converted iran from sunni to shi'ah   

1487  Ismail i: Shah of persia   

1674  Isaac watts: England, writer/preacher/hymnist (horae lyrican)   

1702  Johann schneider: Composer   

1744  Elbridge gerry: (dr) 5th vp (mass-gov), invented gerrymandering   

1745  Petr alekseevich pahlen: Russian general   

1763  Johannes h van der palm: Dutch theologist/minister of education   

1763  John jacob astor: Germany, richest man in us, banker/fur trader   

0656  Uthman ibn affan: Third caliph, assassinated.   

0924  Death of Edward: The older, english speaking king (899-924),   

1025  Boleslaw i chobry: [the brave], duke/king of poland,   

1070  Boudouin vi: Count of flanders/henegouwen,   

1345  Death of Jacob van artevelde: [manner man], flemish broker, lynched   

1453  Death of John talbot: 1st earl of shrewsbury, english military leader   

1510  Death of Edmund dudley: English minister of justice/finance,   

1531  Hosokawa takakuni: Japanese military commander (b. 1484)