Page 3: Historical Events In July - 31

1837  William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865   

1841  George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer   

1844  Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist   

1847  Ignatio Cervantes, composer.   

1848  Jean Robert Planquette, France, composer (Bells of Corneville)   

1849  Benjamin Chambers patents breech loading cannon.   

1852  Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4°F (20.2°C) avg)   

1854  Jose Canalejas contributes Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12)   

1855  Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg).   

1856  Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city   

1861  9300 mm rainfall in July in Cherrapunji, Assam: world record   

1864  Ulysses S Grant is named General of Volunteers.   

1864  Louis Hachette, French publisher, dies at 64   

1865  East India Squadron established to operate from Sunda Strait to Japan   

1865  The inaugural narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia   

1872  C H F Peters discovers asteroids #122 Gerda and #123 Brunhild.   

1874  Commissioning of USS Intrepid, inaugural U.S. warship equipped with torpedoes   

1874  Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as pres of Georgetown U.   

1875  Harry Northrup, Paris France, actor (Who's That Knocking at My Door)   

1875  Andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66   

1876  US Coast Guard officers' training school established (New Bedford MA)   

1882  Grete Gulbransson, writer   

1884  Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig), "July 20th Plot",,18860731::"Constant Permeke, Flemish painter/statues artist (Sow).   

1886  Franz von Liszt, [Ferencz], Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74.   

1889  Donald Foster, PA, actor (Scaramouche)   

1891  Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian painter, dies at 77   

1893  Henry Perky patents shredded wheat   

1893  Charles Wilfred Orr, composer.   

1894  Roy Bargy, Mich, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show)   

1899  Albert Trott hits Monty Noble over the Pavilion at Lord's   

1900  Boer Generals Prinsloo and Roux surrenders in Brandwater Basin   

1900  Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll).   

1901  Abraham Kuyper is recorded as becoming premier of Netherlands.   

1901  Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor (Landscape with 2 Personages).   

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1143  Emperor nijo of japan: Emperor nijo of japan (d. 1165)   

1396  Philips: The good, duke of burgundy//brabant/limburg/count   

1443  Albrecht iii of saxon-meisen: Duke of saxon   

1527  Maximilian ii: German king/emperor (1564-76)   

1550  Jakob handl: [petelin], austrian composer/bandmaster   

1578  Catharina belgica of nassau: Daughter of willem of orange   

1597  Sebastian stosskopf: Elzassisch painter, baptized   

1598  Alessandro algardi: Italian sculptor and architect   

0855  Imam ahmad ibn hanbal: Muslim jurisprudent (b. 780)   

1358  Death of Etienne marcel: French textile merchant/reformer/boer leader,   

1396  William courtenay: Archbishop of canterbury (b. 1342)   

1508  Death of Na'od: Emperor of ethiopia (b. 1494)   

1556  Death of Ignatius loyola: Spanish founder (jesuit),   

1566  Death of Bartholome de casas: Spanish historian/bishop of chiapa,   

1648  Benedictus j van haeften: Poet (regia thru crucis),   

1653  Thomas dudley: Governor of massachusetts bay colony (b. 1576)