Page 2: Historical Events In June - 30

1690  Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Neth/English fleet.   

1700  Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is 12/7/1700)   

1722  Hungarian Parliament condemns emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctions   

1722  Jiri Antonin Benda, composer.   

1723  Christian Ernst Graf, composer.   

1734  Russian army occupies Danzig.   

1741  Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms.   

1743  Niels Schiorring, composer.   

1748  Jacques D "comte" Cassini, French astronomer   

1755  Philippines close all non-catholic Chinese restaurants   

1758  Seven Years' War: The Battle of Domstadtl takes place.   

1768  Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, 1st lady (1817-25).   

1789  E J Horace Vernet, French painter   

1791  Félix Savart, French surgeon/physicist (law of Biot and Savart).   

1792  Francesco Antonio Rosetti, composer, dies.   

1794  Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio   

1807  Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher/writer (Auch einer)   

1810  Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slovenian/Croatian poet (illyrism)   

1815  US naval hero Stephen Decatur ends attacks by Algerian pirates   

1817  Joseph D Hooker, British botanist.   

1817  Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist   

1818  Edward John Hopkins, composer.   

1819  William A Wheeler, (R) 19th VP (1877-81)   

1819  Ernst Ludwig Gerber, composer, dies at 72.   

1823  Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer/dramatist (2 Tudors)   

1834  Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)   

1837  Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Maj Gen.   

1839  Johan O Wallin, Swedish poet/archbishop (Dead Angel), dies   

1846  Ricardo Drigo, composer   

1847  Jacob T Cremer, min of Colonies/pres (Dutch Trading Comp)   

1856  Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers)   

1858  Andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Libre) [or 7/31].   

1859  Charles Blondin is inaugural to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope   

1859  Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope   

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1286  John de warenne: 8th earl of surrey, english politician   

1468  Johan: The standvastige, monarch of saxon   

1470  Charles viii: King of france (1483-98), invaded italy   

1503  Johan frederik: Elector of saxon (1532-47)   

1503  John frederick: Elector of saxony   

1641  Meinhardt schomberg: 3rd duke of schomberg, irish general   

1669  Mauritius vogt: Composer   

1685  Dominikus zimmermann: German architect/painter (liebfrauenkirche)   

0350  Death of Nepotianus: Roman usurper   

1109  Alfonso vi: (imperator totius hispaniae), king of leon,   

1181  Hugh de kevelioc: 3rd earl of chester, english politician (b. 1147)   

1224  Adolf of osnabrück: Saint adolf (b. 1185)   

1364  Arnost of pardubice: Archbishop of prague (b. 1297)   

1520  Death of Montezuma ii: The last aztec emperor, killed   

1538  Charles van egmond: Duke of gelre/earl of zutphen,   

1579  Mehmed pasha sokolović: Turkish janissary