What Happened in July 1675

Famous Birthdays

  • Jul 5 Mary Walcott, American accuser at the Salem witch trials, born in Salem, Massachusetts (d. 1720)
  • Jul 12 Evaristo Felice dall'Abaco, Italian cellist and composer, born in Verona, Republic of Venice (now Italy) (d. 1742)
  • Jul 14 Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier who served the Ottoman Empire and converted to Islam (d. 1747)
  • Jul 25 James Thornhill, English painter (St. Paul's Cathedral dome), born in Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England (d. 1734) [some sources cite year as 1676]

Famous Deaths

  • Jul 25 Nicolas Saboly, French composer and poet, dies at 61
  • Jul 27 Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France, dies at 63
  • Jul 28 Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (b. 1605)