Famous Birthdays Jun 10 Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary explorer (Mississippi river), born in Laon, France (d. 1675) Jun 16 Giovanni Paulo Colonna, Italian composer and organ builder, born in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy) (d. 1695) Born in 1637 Famous Deaths Jun 24 Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and antiquarian, dies at 56 May 1637 History by Year Jul 1637 Famous People by Star Sign ♈︎ Aries ♉︎ Taurus ♊︎ Gemini ♋︎ Cancer ♌︎ Leo ♍︎ Virgo ♎︎ Libra ♏︎ Scorpio ♐︎ Sagittarius ♑︎ Capricorn ♒︎ Aquarius ♓︎ Pisces