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What Happened in July 1642

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Famous Birthdays

  • Jul 22 Johann Quirsfeld, German composer, born in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1686)
Born in 1642

Famous Deaths

  • Jul 3 Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69
  • Jul 18 William Count of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch Field Marshall (Governor of Emmerich, Heusden and Sluis), dies of battle wounds at 49

Famous Musicians

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