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Jul 04 1330

Ashikaga Yoshiakira Japanese shogun (2nd shgun of the Ashikaga shogunate) (d. 1367)

Jul 04 1546

Murad III Sultan of Turkey (1574-95) born in Manisa Ottoman Empire (d. 1595)

Jul 04 1610

Cornelis Evertsen the Elder Dutch-Swiss vice-admiral born in Flushing Netherlands (d. 1666)

Jul 04 1610

Paul Scarron French writer (Virgile Travesti) born in Paris (d. 1660)

Jul 04 1669

Alexander von Papenhoven Flemish religious sculptor (d. 1759)

Jul 04 1694

Louis-Claude Daquin [dAcquin] French organist and composer (La Rose) born in Paris (d. 1772)

Jul 04 1715

Christian Frchtegott Gellert German poet and novelist (Fables & Tales) born in Hainchen Germany (d. 1769)

Jul 04 1719

Michel-Jean Sedaine French dramatist (Le Philosophe sans le savoir) born in Paris (d. 1797)

Jul 04 1753

Jean-Pierre Blanchard French ballonist (1st balloon flights in England and U.S.) born in Les Andelys France (d. 1809)

Jul 04 1756

William Rush American sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1833)

Jul 04 1762

Marco Santucci Italian composer born in Camaiore Tuscany Italy (d. 1843)

Jul 04 1769

Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis French composer born in Metz France (d. 1819)

Jul 04 1790

George Everest Welsh surveyor and namesake of Mt. Everest born in Gwernvale Brecknockshire Wales (d. 1866)

Jul 04 1793

Franz Pechek Austrian-German composer born in Vienna Austria (d. 1840)

Jul 04 1799

Oscar I King of Sweden and Norway (1844-59) born in Paris (d. 1859)

Jul 04 1804

Dsir de Haerne Belgian Catholic priest and Congressional leader born in Ypres Belgium (d. 1890)

Jul 04 1816

Hiram Walker American entrepreneur and founder of the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery born in East Douglas Massachusetts (d. 1899)

Jul 04 1819

Reuben Fenton American merchant and politician (22nd Governor of New York) born in Carroll New York (d. 1885)

Jul 04 1826

Green Clay Smith American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Richmond Kentucky (d. 1895)

Jul 04 1828

J. Johnston Pettigrew American lawyer and Confederate General in the American Civil War born in Tyrrell County North Carolina (d. 1863)

Jul 04 1828

Wilhelm Ahlwardt German orientalist born in Greifswald Germany (d. 1909)

Jul 04 1829

Hermann Kotzschmar German-American composer born in Finsterwalde Germany (d. 1909)

Jul 04 1840

James McGranahan American composer born in Adamsville Pennsylvania (d. 1907)

Jul 04 1841

Edward Gailliard Flemish linguist and archaeologist born in Bruges Belgium (d. 1922)

Jul 04 1842

Gustav Ratzenhofer Austrian sociologist and general born in Vienna Austria (d. 1904)

Jul 04 1842

Gyula Erkel Hungarian composer son of Ferenc Erkel born in Pest (d. 1909)

Jul 04 1845

Thomas John Barnardo British social worker born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1905)

Jul 04 1850

Ole Olsen Norwegian composer and organist born in Hammerfest Finnmark (d. 1927)

Jul 04 1854

Heinrich Zllner German composer born in Leipzig Germany (d. 1941)

Jul 04 1854

Victor Babe Romanian physician and bacteriologist born in Vienna Austrian Empire (d. 1926)

Jul 04 1867

Stephen Mather American industrialist and conservationist (organized US National Park Service) born in San Francisco California (d. 1930)

Jul 04 1868

Henrietta Swan Leavitt American astronomer (period-luminosity relation) born in Lancaster Massachusetts (d. 1921)

Jul 04 1870

Pieter van der Lijn Dutch geologist (Dutch boulders) born in Graft Netherlands (d. 1964)

Jul 04 1054 Brightest known supernova SN (creates the Crab Nebula) 1st reported by Chinese astronomers

Jul 04 1120 Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephews death

Jul 04 1359 Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forl surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.

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