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Jul 15 1273

Ewostatewos Ethiopian monk and religious leader (d. 1352)

Jul 15 1573

Inigo Jones English architect (Queens House Covent Garden) born in London England (d. 1652)

Jul 15 1638

Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani Italian composer born in Florence (d. 1693)

Jul 15 1700

Johann Christoph Richter German composer Pantaleon Player and Organist born in Dresden (d. 1785)

Jul 15 1701

Pierre Joubert became the oldest known Canadian (113 years 124 days at his death)

Jul 15 1704

August Gottlieb Spangenberg founder of Moravian Church in North America

Jul 15 1737

Louise of Orlans Daughter of King Louis XV and Queen of Belgium born in Palermo Sicily (d. 1787)

Jul 15 1779

Clement Clarke Moore US professor and author (Twas the Night Before Xmas) born in NYC New York (d. 1863)

Jul 15 1796

Thomas Bulfinch mythologist (Bulfinchs Mythology)

Jul 15 1808

Henry Cole promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851)

Jul 15 1808

Henry Edward Manning cardinalarchbishop (Westminster)

Jul 15 1812

Benno Adam German animal painter born in Munich (d. 1892)

Jul 15 1817

John Fowler English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway)

Jul 15 1837

Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen queen of Portugal (d. 1859)

Jul 15 1848

Vilfredo F D Pareto Italian economistsociologist

Jul 15 1850

Francesca Xavier Cabrini [Mother Cabrini] 1st US saint

Jul 15 1851

Eduardo Gutirrez Argentinian author (d. 1889)

Jul 15 1856

Owen Dunell cricketer (South Africas 1st Test captain)

Jul 15 1864

Marie Tempest [Marie Susan Etherington] British actress known as the queen of her profession (Yellow Sands) born in London England (d. 1942)

Jul 15 1865

Alfred Charles William Harmsworth 1st viscount Northcliffe

Jul 15 1865

Wilhelm Wirtinger Austrian mathematician (d. 1945)

Jul 15 1867

Maggie Mitchell Walker 1st woman bank directorphilanthropist

Jul 15 1867

Maggie L. Walker African-American teacher and businesswoman (1st female Bank President) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 1934)

Jul 15 1875

Frank Pop Morgenweck basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)

Jul 15 1878

Willem Paerels NethBelgian painter and graphic artist

Jul 15 1889

Marjorie Rambeau American actress (Primrose Path Torch Song) born in San Francisco California (d. 1970)

Jul 15 1892

Walter Benjamin German literature criticwriter

Jul 15 1892

Henry Johnson American soldier of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fighters) 1st US WWI soldier to receive the Croix de guerre after fighting a German raid in hand-to-hand combat to rescue a fellow soldier (posthumous Medal of Honour 2015) born in Tallahassee Florida (d. 1929)

Jul 15 1893

Enid Bennett Australian silent film actress (Skippy Hairpins) born in York Western Australia (d. 1969)

Jul 15 1894

Tadeusz Sendzimir Polish-American engineer and inventor (d. 1989)

Jul 15 1898

Noel Gay [Reginald Moxon Armitage] British composer (Whos been polishing the Sun) born in Wakefield Yorkshire England (d. 1954)

Jul 15 1901

John Wesley Work III African-American composer musicologist and scholar of African-American folklore and music born in Tullahoma Tennessee (d. 1967)

Jul 15 1901

Pyke F C Koch Dutch surrealistic painter (Dolores Breakfast)

Jul 15 1099 City of Jerusalem is captured and plundered by Christian forces during the First Crusade

Jul 15 1205 Pope Innocent III states Jews are doomed to perpetual servitudea and subjugation due to crucifixion of Jesus

Jul 15 1307 Duke Henrik of Corinthia chosen as King of Bohemia

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