Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 26 Jean Deutz van Assendelft, Dutch merchant and Amsterdam regent, born in Amsterdam (d. 1719)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 15 Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)
- Jul 28 Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist and novelist (Voyage to the Moon), and inspiration for Edmond Rostand’s play, dies under mysterious circumstances at 36
- Jul 28 Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies at 76
- Jul 30 Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer, dies at 47
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