What Happened in July 1646

Historical Events

Newcastle Propositions

Jul 30 English parliament sets King Charles I Newcastle Propositions

  • Jul 31 Royalist supporters besieged at Goodrich Castle surrender to Parliamentarian forces, during English Civil War, after castle partly destroyed by 'Roaring Meg' an enormous mortar (canon) [1]

Famous Birthdays

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)

Jul 1 German mathematician and philosopher (differential and integral calculus), born in Leipzig, Holy Roman Empire

  • Jul 29 Johann Theile, German composer (Adam und Eva), born in Naumburg, Hesse-Homburg (now Germany) (d. 1724)