Events & Holidays In July - 03

Danish West Indies Emancipation Day (US Virgin Islands)

Day of the Child (Argentina)

Independence Celebrations begin (Bahamas)

Independence Day (Belarus)

1423  On this day in history birth of louis XI, King of France (1461-83)   

1442  Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500) was born on this day in history.   

1530  Claude Fauchet, French historian (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1567  Samuel de Champlain, explorer (Lake Champlain) was born on this day in history.   

1676  Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

1683  On this day in history birth of edward Young, English poet (Revenge, Complaint)   

1685  On this day in history birth of sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)   

1687  On this day in history birth of arnold Hoogvliet, Dutch poet (Abraham the Patriarch)   

0683  Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies on this day in history.   

1090  On this day in history egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle   

1570  Death of Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 on this day in history.   

1642  Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

1672  Death of Francis Willughby, English biologist (b. 1635) on this day in history.   

1704  Death of Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia (b. 1657) on this day in history.   

1749  Death of William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675) on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies