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Siege of Corinth
Jul 5 Ottoman troops storm citadel of Acrocorinth in the Peloponnese, massacring a large part of the population and selling the rest into slavery. Inspires Lord Byron's poem "The Siege of Corinth"
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 4 Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and novelist (Fables & Tales), born in Hainchen, Germany (d. 1769)
- Jul 16 Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise, Marshal of France, born in Paris (d. 1787)
- Jul 25 Immanuel J. Pyra, German poet (Temple of Real Poetry), born in Kottbus, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1744)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 5 Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659)
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