What Happened in July 1632

Historical Events

Buen Retiro Palace

Jul 22 Foundation laid in Madrid for Buen Retiro Palace for King Philip IV

  • Jul 23 Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France

Famous Birthdays

  • Jul 6 Albert Schop, German composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1667)
  • Jul 6 Pietro Reggio, Italian composer and musician, born in Genoa (d. 1685)

Famous Deaths

  • Jul 29 Samuel Ampzing, Dutch minister, poet, translator (Bijbel-poezije - Bible Poetry), and linguist (Taelbericht der Nederlandsche spellinge - Treatise on Dutch Selling), dies at 42