Page 2: Historical Events In July - 29
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1693 Battle at Neerwinden: French beats English/Dutch army 

1696 French king Louis XIV and Victor Amadeua van Savoye signs peace 

1715 10 Spanish treasure galleons sunk off Florida coast by hurricane. 

1715 10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane. 

1723 Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer. 

1739 Johannes Ritschel, composer 

1751 The inaugural international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 mins in England. 

1751 1st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 mins in England 

1752 Peter Warren, British admiral. 

1755 Franz Gotz, composer 

1758 Antonius van Gils, Dutch RC theologist (opposed Enlightenment) 

1773 The inaugural schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH. 

1773 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH 

1778 Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer. 

1783 Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9000 

1786 The inaugural newspaper published west of Alleghenies, Pitts Gazette. 

1786 1st newspaper published west of Alleghanies, Pitts Gazette 

1786 Franz Asplmayr, composer, dies at 58. 

1793 John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there. 

1797 Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 

1805 Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer (Democracy in America) 

1808 Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies. 

1817 James Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 

1820 Clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871. 

1825 Micah Hawkins, composer, dies at 48. 

1828 Cuvier Grover, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1885. 

1830 Alvan Cullem Gillem, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 

1835 The inaugural sugar plantation in Hawaii begins 

1835 1st sugar plantation in Hawaii begins 

1836 Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. 

1838 Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66. 

1844 New York Yacht Club forms 

1844 NY Yacht Club forms. 

1844 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer, dies at 53 

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