Famous Birthdays Jun 5 Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist, born in Aix-en-Provence, France (d. 1708) Born in 1656 Famous Deaths Jun 9 Thomas Tomkins, Welsh-born virginalist composer, dies at 83 or 84 May 1656 History by Year Jul 1656 Famous People by Star Sign ♈︎ Aries ♉︎ Taurus ♊︎ Gemini ♋︎ Cancer ♌︎ Leo ♍︎ Virgo ♎︎ Libra ♏︎ Scorpio ♐︎ Sagittarius ♑︎ Capricorn ♒︎ Aquarius ♓︎ Pisces