Events on Jul 7

• 1124Tyrus surrenders to Crusaders
• 1438French church / King Charles VII release Pragmatieke Sanctie of Bourges
• 1456Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted
• 1495King Ferdinand II returns to Naples
• 1498Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel
• 1543French troops invade Luxembourg
• 1550Chocolate introduced
• 1585King Henri III and Duke De Guise signs Treaty of Nemours: French Huguenots loose all freedoms
• 1607"God Save the King" is 1st sung
• 1668Isaac Newton receives MA from Trinity College, Cambridge
• 1753English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship
• 1754Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College)
• 18021st comic book "The Wasp, " is published
• 1807France, Russia and Prussia sign Peace of Tilsit
• 1829Royal Military Chapel forms
• 1838Central American federation is dissolved
• 1850Scottish explorer Edward Eyre reaches Albany, W-Australia
• 1861Battle of Laurel Hill, Virginia
• 1862Land Grant Act endows state colleges with federal land
• 18631st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
• 1863Orders barring Jews from serving under US Grant are revoked
• 1868Ed Pooley takes 12 dismissals as keeper in match Surrey vs. Sussex
• 187427th Postmaster General: James W Marshall of New Jersey takes office
• 1875Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri
• 1878Social-Democratic United forms in Amsterdam
• 1891Travelers checks patents
• 1898US annexes Hawaii
• 1900Boston hurler Kid Nichols notches his 300th career victory
• 1908Great White Fleet leaves SF Bay
• 191128th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: D Chambers beats D Boothby (60 60)

Born on Jul 7

• 1690Johann Tobias Krebs: Composer
• 1710Arvid Niclas Hopken: Composer
• 1746Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith: Composer
• 1752Joseph-Marie Jacquard: Invented programmable loom
• 1778Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini: Composer
• 1806Michele Amari: Italian historian / Minister of Education
• 1813William Scott Ketchum: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871
• 1816Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard: Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
• 1824Alfred Pleasonton: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
• 1827James Murrell Shackelford: Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
• 1827William Montague Browne: Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
• 1843Camillo Golgi: Italy -- Physician, cytologist (Nobel 1906)
• 1851Lillien Jane Martin: Psychologist, founded Gerontology Clinic
• 1853Albert Vandal: French Earl / historian (Le Pacha Bonneval)
• 1860Gustav Mahler: Kalischat Bohemia, Austria -- Composer / conductor (Titan)
• 1872Juan Lamonte de Grignon: Composer
• 1879Jacob Weinberg: Composer
• 1882Zdzislaw Jachimecki: Composer
• 1883Toivo Kuula: Composer
• 1885Ernest Bristow Farrar: Composer
• 1887Dirk Koster: Literary (New Noises)
• 1887Marc Chagall: Vitebsk, Russia -- Artist (I & The Village)
• 1887Raymond Hatton: Red Oak, Iowa -- Actor (Girls in Prison, Lady Killer)
• 1890Tom Powers: Owensboro, Kentucky -- Actor (Station West, Destination Moon)
• 1893Vladimir Mayakovsky: Soviet, Georgia -- Poet (Ode to Revolution)
• 1897Anna Luther: New Jersey, United States -- Silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk)
• 1901Gustav Knuth: Braunschweig, Germany -- Actor (Freddy Unter Fremden)
• 1902James McCartney: Father of Beatle (Paul)
• 1902Vittorio De Sica: Sora, Italy -- Director / actor (2 Women)
• 1905Marcel Rubin: Composer

Died on Jul 7

• 1129Shirakawa: Emperor of Japan (1072-86) / budhist monk, dies at 76
• 1307Edward I: King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68
• 1348John Andreae: Italian canonist
• 1572Sigismund II August: Last Jagellonen King of Poland, dies at 51
• 1647Thomas Hooker: Clergyman, father of American democracy
• 1656Michelangelo Rossi: Italian opera composer, buried at about 55
• 1694Dokusho: Zen teacher, Obaku line
• 1773Cornelis Douwes: Dutch Mathematician / astronomer, dies at 60
• 1774Giuseppi Maria Carretti: Composer, dies at 83
• 1790Franciscus "Frans" Hemsterhuis: Frisian philosopher, dies at 68
• 1794Pascal Boyer: Composer, dies at 51
• 1799William Curtis: English Botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53
• 1814Robert Jasper van der Capellen: Dutch politician, dies at 71
• 1826Friedrich Ludwig Dulon: Flautist / composer, dies at 56
• 1861John Willis Ellis: US Governor of NC (1858-61)
• 1865Mary Surratt: And 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged
• 1885Nicola De Giosa: Composer, dies at 66
• 1889Giovanni Bottesini: Composer, dies at 67
• 1893Guy de Maupassant: Writer, dies at 42
• 1898Lucien Petipa: French dancer / choreograph / ballet leader
• 1903Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga: Composer, dies at 64
• 1907James McGranahan: Composer, dies at 67
• 1919Paul Deusen: German philosopher / CEO (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft)
• 1930Arthur Conan Doyle: British writer (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 71
• 1933John M Acket: Literary (New Friends), dies at 70
• 1939James Deacon White: Ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91
• 1944Erich Salomon: German photographer
• 1944Georges Mandel [Louis Rothschild]: French foreign min (-1940)
• 1945Salomeja Neris [S Bacinskaite-Buciene]: Latvian poet, dies at 40
• 1955Franco Casavola: Composer, dies at 63

Historical events on July 8

• 0951Paris is founded
• 1497Vasco da Gama departs for trip to India
• 1551Willem of Orange weds countess Anna van Egmond and Buren
• 16541st Jewish colonist arrive in US (Jacob Barsimson in Manhattan)
• 1663King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island
• 1672Willem II becomes captain- / admiral-general
• 1693New York City authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies
• 1709Battle of Poltava; Russians defeat Swedes
• 1758English and Colonial assault on France at Ticonderoga, New York
• 1776Colonel John Nixon gave 1st public reading of Declaration of Independence (Philadelphia)
• 1777Vt becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts male suffrage
• 1778George Washington headquarters at West Point for his Continental Army
• 1792France declares war on Prussia
• 1796US State Department issues 1st American passport
• 17971st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
• 1800Dr Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox
• 1805American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England
• 1816Frost in Waltham, Massachusetts
• 1833Russia and Turkey sign defense treaty
• 1835Liberty Bell cracks (again)
• 1836HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena
• 1838Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed
• 1853Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay
• 1861CS General Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory
• 1861Skirmish at Florida, MI - A rebel encampment is attacked and dispersed
• 1862Odore R Timby patents revolving gun turret
• 1870Congress authorizes registration of trademarks
• 1870Gov Holden of NC declares Casswell County in a state of insurrection
• 1876White terrorists attack Black Republicans in Hamburg SC, killing 5
• 1889John L Sullivan KOs Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds (last bare-knuckle bout)

Born on July 8

• 1528Emanuel Philibert: Duke of Savoy / Governor of the Netherlands
• 1545Don Carlos: Son of Spanish King Philip II
• 1574Giovanni Battista Stefanini: Composer
• 1604Heinrich Albert: Germany -- Composer (Arien oder Melodien)
• 1621Jean de la Fontaine: French poet (Fables)
• 1637Johann Georg Ebeling: Composer
• 1638Matteo Coferati: Composer
• 1757Richard Wainwright: Composer
• 1809Ljudwit Gaj: Croatian writer / poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)
• 1819Alexander Hays: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
• 1819Vatroslav Lisinski: Composer
• 1821William Harvey Lamb Wallace: Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
• 1824Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski: Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
• 1826Benjamin Henry Grierson: Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1826Robert Kingston Scott: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1829Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail: French serial writer
• 1836Joseph Chamberlain: British Minister of Commerce / Colonies
• 1838Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin: Inventor (rigid dirigibles)
• 1839John D Rockefeller: US capitalist / founder (Standard Oil)
• 1844Mary Johnson Lincoln: Educator (Boston Cooking School)
• 1851Arthur J Evans: English archaeologist (Crete)
• 1857Rudolf Dellinger: Composer
• 1869William V Moody: US poet (Death of Eve, Faith Healer)
• 1870Marie C of Zeggelen: Dutch Novelist (Koloniaaltje)
• 1871Clement Harris: Composer
• 1871Kornelis ter Laan: 1st Dutch socialist Mayor (Zaandam)
• 1882Percy Grainger: Melbourne, Victoria -- Composer / pianist / conductor (Hill Songs)
• 1882Waverley John Anderson: Scottish viscount / Governor of Bengal
• 1885Ann Jemima Flower: Oldest resident of the Netherlands
• 1885Emil Bloch: German philosopher

Died on July 8

• 0810Pepin: Son of Charlemagne, King of Italy
• 0975Edgar: King of England (959-75)
• 1115Petrus van Amiens: French Crusades predictor
• 1153Eugene III [Bernardo]: Italian Pope (1145-53)
• 1249Alexander II: King of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51
• 1253Thibaud IV: Poet / Count of Champagne / King of Navarra
• 1496Benedetto Bonfiglio: Italian painter
• 1531Tilman Riemenschneider: German sculptor, dies at 71
• 1623Gregory XV [Alessandro Ludovisi]: Bishop of Bologna / Pope, dies at 69
• 1656Alexander van der Capellen: Mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
• 1679Samuel J Columbus: Swedish Poet (Odae Sveticae)
• 1681Georg Neumark: Composer, dies at 60
• 1695Christiaen Huygens: Inventor / astronomer, dies at 66
• 1822Percy Bysshe Shelley: English Poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
• 1859F J Oscar I: King of Sweden / Norway (1844-59), dies at 60
• 1863Francis P Kenrick: Irish / US Archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65
• 1870John D Zocher, Jr.: Architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79
• 1876Josef Dessauer: Composer, dies at 78
• 1885Hendrick Waelput: Composer, dies at 39
• 1885Henry Waelput: Flemish Composer / conductor (Blessing of Arms)
• 1894Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov: Composer
• 1909Gaston AA Marquis de Gallifet: French Minister of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
• 1932Florenz Ziegfeld: US theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies)
• 1939[Henry] Havelock Ellis: English sexologist (Man & Woman), dies at 80
• 1941Philippe Gaubert: Composer, dies at 62
• 1942Catherinus Elling: Composer, dies at 83
• 1943Harry Oakes: Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered
• 1943Jean "Max" Moulin: French resistance fighter, executed
• 1946Aleksander V Aleksandrov: Russian Composer / conductor, dies at 63
• 1949Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli: Composer, dies at 66

Events on Jul 9

• 0711Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupies North Spain
• 1371Pope Gregory XI names Arnold II of Horne as Bishop of Utrecht
• 1386Battle at Sempach: Swiss beat Duke Leopold III of Austria
• 1401Mongol monarch Timur Lenk destroys Baghdad
• 1517Gelderse crowd robber murders population of Asperen
• 1536French navigator Jacques Cartier returns to Saint-Malo from Canada
• 1553Battle at Sievershausen Solingen: van Saksen beats Alcibiades
• 157219 Catholic priests hanged in Gorcum
• 1595Johannes Kepler inscribes geometric solid construction of universe
• 1609Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion
• 1672Prince Willem III inaugurated as Viceroy of Holland / Zealand
• 1686Germany, Sweden and Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg
• 1745Bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion
• 1755Battle at Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British
• 1755British General E Braddock mortally wounded during French and Indian War
• 1766English Premier Rockingham resigns
• 1780Denmark declares neutrality
• 1795James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt
• 1800Mt Vernon Gardens becomes site of 1st summer theater in US
• 18151st natural gas well in US is discovered
• 1815King Louis XVIII leaves Ghent for France
• 1816Argentina declares independence from Spain
• 1835St. Etienne-Lyons railway opens in France
• 1842Notary Stamp Law passes
• 1846Captain Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (San Francisco) for US
• 1852Fire destroys 1,100 construction sites in Montreal Canada and no one die
• 1853Adm Perry and US Navy visit Japan
• 1862Gen John Hunt Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky
• 1863Union troops enter Port Hudson
• 1864Battle of Monocacy, MD US1959 CS400

Born on Jul 9

• 1513John van Hembyze: Flemish calvinist
• 1535Emanuel van Meteren: Southern, Netherlands -- Merchant / historian
• 1578Ferdinand II: King of Bohemia / Hungary / German Emperor (1619-37)
• 1589Johannes a Sancto Thoma [Poinset]: Portuguese theologist
• 1764Ann Ward Radcliffe: English Gothic Novelist (Italian)
• 1766J Schopenhauer: Writer
• 1777Henry Hallam: British lawyer / historian
• 1791Nicolas Ledesma: Composer
• 1802Thomas Davenport: Invented 1st coml electric motor
• 1805Henry John Gauntlett: Composer
• 1809Frederick Henle: Germany -- Pathologist
• 1825Jules Oppert: German Assyriologist (decodes characters)
• 1831Johan P van der Kellen: Dutch stamp cutter / lithographer / writer
• 1839Carl Baermann: Composer
• 1841Carl Christian Lumbye: Composer
• 1855Johann P Zilcher: German composer
• 1856Daniel Guggenheim: US (Guggenheim Museum)
• 1857Frederik II W: Grandduke of Baden (1907-18)
• 1858Franz Boas: Anthropologist / linguist (Mind of Primitive Man)
• 1864Franz Miller: Becomes first Train Murderer
• 1878H V Kaltenborn: Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Newscaster (Who Said That?)
• 1879Ottorino Respighi: Bologna, Italy -- Composer (Pines of Rome)
• 1882Richard Hageman: Dutch / US pianist / composer / conductor (Caponsacchi)
• 1887Samuel Eliot Morison: Historian (Admiral of the Ocean Sea)
• 1895Cullen Landis: Nashville, Tennessee -- Actor (Soul of the Beast)
• 1898Gerard Walschap: Flemish writer / journalist (Mary, Revolt in Congo)
• 1898Marcel Delannoy: Composer
• 1900Robert Oboussier: Composer
• 1901Barbara Cartland: Romance author (Camfield #69)
• 1901Jester Hairston: North Carolina, United States -- Actor (Thats My Mama, Rolly-Amen)

Died on Jul 9

• 1441Jan / Johannes van Eyck: Flemish Painter (Lamb Gods)
• 1639Entonius Walaeus: Calvinist theologist, dies at 65
• 1677Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer]: German medical / mystic poet
• 1696Waclaw Potocki: Polish Poet (Wojna Chocimska)
• 1716Joseph Sauveur: French sound engineer, dies at 63
• 1746Philip V: French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62
• 1747Giovanni Battista Bononcini: Italian opera-composer, dies at 76
• 1755E Braddock: British Gen, mortally wounded during French and Indian War
• 1755Gottlob Harrer: Composer, dies at 52
• 1755James Braddock: English General, dies in battle at Fort Duquesne
• 1756Pieter Langendijk: Painter / etcher / playwright, dies at 72
• 1797Edmund Burke: British Author / parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68
• 1805Georg W "Franz" Panzer: German vicar / librarian, dies at 76
• 1821Tommaso Sogner: Composer, dies at 58
• 1843Washington Allston: US Painter / author, dies at 63
• 1845Jacob Earl of Rechteren / Appeltern: Gov of Gelderland, dies at 57
• 1850Sajjid Ali Mohammed Bab: Persian founder of Babism
• 1850Zachary Taylor: 12th President (1849-50), dies in White House at 65
• 1875Francis Preston Blair, Jr.: Famed St. Louis lawyer, dies at 54
• 1883Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu: Composer, dies at 67
• 1909Kasimir Felix Badeni: Premier of Polish / Austria (1895-97), dies at 62
• 1934Otakar Zich: Composer, dies at 55
• 1949Fritz Bennicke Hart: Composer, dies at 75
• 1951Harry Heilmann: Baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56
• 1951Jorgen Bentzon: Composer, dies at 54
• 1957Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike: Composer, dies at 80
• 1960Edward Burlingame Hill: Composer, dies at 86
• 1961Alan Marshal: Actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52
• 1962Louis A van Gasteren: Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74
• 1963Frank Mayo: Actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74