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What Happened in July 1684

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Historical Events

  • Jul 24 Expedition to establish French colony in Louisiana leaves La Rochelle with four ships led by RenĂ©-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (expedition is disastrous with only 15 survivors) [1]

Famous Deaths

  • Jul 2 John Rogers, English Puritan minister and President of Harvard College (1682-84), dies at 54
  • Jul 6 Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)

Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684)

Jul 26 Italian mathematician and the 1st woman to receive an academic degree from a university, dies of tuberculosis at 38

Elena Cornaro Piscopia


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