Historical Events
Event of Interest
Jul 8 Theologian Jonathan Edwards preaches perhaps the most famous of all American sermons "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" at Enfield, Connecticut, part of the Great Awakening
- Jul 15 Alexei Chirikov sights land in Southeast Alaska. He sends men ashore in a longboat, making them the first Europeans to visit Alaska
- Jul 28 Danish Captain Vitus Bering, on a Russian expedition, is the first European to sight Mount Saint Elias, second-highest mountain of Canada and the US
- Jul 31 Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 27 François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French composer, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1808)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 3 Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Queen consort of Sardinia (1737-41), dies at 29
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Jul 28 Italian Baroque composer (The Four Seasons), dies at 63
- Jul 30 Wierich PL count von DauWirich Philipp von Daun, Austrian nobleman and field marshal, Viceroy of Naples, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, dies at 71
