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Jul 2 Peter Ritter, German cellist and composer, born in Mannheim, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1846)
Jul 17 Johannes Hendricus van der Palm, Dutch theologist and Minister of Education, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1840)

John Jacob Astor (1763-1848)

Jul 17 German-American businessman (first multi-millionaire in the United States), born in Walldorf, Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire

John Jacob Astor

Jul 22 James Geddes, American Engineer (Erie Canal), born in Carlisle Pennsylvania (d. 1838)
Jul 30 Samuel Rogers, English poet (Italy, a poem), born in Newington Cross, Islington, England (d. 1855)
Jul 31 James Kent, American legal scholar (Columbia), born in Fredericksburgh New York (d. 1847)

Famous Deaths

Jul 17 Wenzel Raimund Pirck, Austrian organist composer at the court of Marie Theresa, dies at 45

Famous Musicians

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