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Jul 06 1580

Johann Stobus North German composer born in Graudenz Poland (d. 1646)

Jul 06 1632

Albert Schop German composer born in Hamburg (d. 1667)

Jul 06 1632

Pietro Reggio Italian composer and musician born in Genoa (d. 1685)

Jul 06 1638

Gerrit Berckheyde Dutch painter born in Haarlem Netherlands (d. 1698)

Jul 06 1668

Peter Burmannus [Pieter Burman the Elder] Dutch attorney and classicist born in Utrecht (d. 1741)

Jul 06 1678

Nicola Francesco Haym Italian composer born in Rome (d. 1729)

Jul 06 1686

Antoine de Jussieu French naturalist born in Lyon France (d. 1758)

Jul 06 1702

Franz Anton Maichelbeck German composer born in Reichenau Germany (d. 1750)

Jul 06 1736

Daniel Morgan American soldier and politician (Battle of Cowpens Whiskey Rebellion) born in Hunterdon County New Jersey (d. 1802)

Jul 06 1739

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust German violinist and composer born in Wrlitz Holy Roman Empire (d. 1796)

Jul 06 1747

Coelestin Jungbauer German composer born in Grattersdorf Bavaria (d. 1823)

Jul 06 1747

John Paul Jones U.S. first well-known naval hero (I have not yet begun to fight) born in Arbigland Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland (d. 1792)

Jul 06 1755

John Flaxman English sculptor (Westminster Abbey tomb stones)

Jul 06 1766

Alexander Wilson Scottish-American ornithologist and naturalist born in Paisley Scotland (d. 1813)

Jul 06 1773

Wenzel Thomas Matiegka Czech composer born in Choce Czech Republic (d. 1830)

Jul 06 1782

Luis Brin Curacao military officer who fought in the Venezuelan War of Independence born in Plantage Rozentak Curaao (d. 1821)

Jul 06 1785

William Jackson Hooker English botanist and director (Kew Gardens) born in Norwich England

Jul 06 1789

Mara Isabella of Spain Queen of the Two Sicilies (1825-30) born in Royal Palace of Madrid Spain (d. 1848)

Jul 06 1793

Jacob de Kempenaer Dutch lawyer and Minister of Internal Affairs (1848-49) born in Amsterdam (d. 1870)

Jul 06 1796

Nicholas I Pavlovitch tsar of Russia (1825-55) born in Gatchina Palace Gatchina Russian Empire (d. 1855)

Jul 06 1814

Justus McKinstry American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in NYC New York (d. 1897)

Jul 06 1817

Albert von Klliker Swiss anatomist and histologist (one of the first to interpret tissue structure in terms of cellular elements) born in Zrich Switzerland (d. 1905)

Jul 06 1818

Adolf Anderssen German world chess champion (1851-66) born in Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1879)

Jul 06 1819

Ernst Wilhelm von Brcke German physician and physiologist born in Berlin Germany (d. 1892)

Jul 06 1821

Edward Pettus American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Athens Alabama (d. 1907)

Jul 06 1837

Wadysaw eleski Polish organist and composer born in Grodkowice (d. 1921)

Jul 06 1838

Vatroslav Jagi Croatian scholar of Slavic studies born in Varadin Austrian Empire (d. 1923)

Jul 06 1852

John Albert Delany Australian composer born in Ratcliff London (d. 1907)

Jul 06 1856

Edward Anseele Belgian socialist politician born in Ghent Belgium (d. 1938)

Jul 06 1859

Verner von Heidenstam Swedish poet and novelist (Charles Men Nobel 1916) born in Olshammar rebro County Sweden (d. 1940)

Jul 06 1864

Alberto Nepomuceno Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis) born in Fortaleza State of Cear Brazil (d. 1920)

Jul 06 1865

Emile Jaques-Dalcroze Swiss musician composer and pedagogue (Dalcroze Eurythmics) born in Vienna Austria (d. 1950)

Jul 06 1868

Petrus A Euwens Dutch vicareditor (Amigoe di Curacao)

Jul 06 1189 Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England

Jul 06 1348 Papal bull of Pope Clement VI issued during the Black Death stating Jews not to blame and urging their protection

Jul 06 1484 Portuguese sea captain Diogo Co finds the mouth of the Congo River

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