Historical Events
Event of Interest
Jul 20 Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie completes the first European east-to-west crossing of America north of Mexico
- Jul 22 Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada
- Jul 23 The Prussians conquer Mainz
- Jul 24 France passes 1st copyright law
- Jul 29 John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 2 Antoine Prumier, French harpist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1868)
- Jul 4 Franz Pecháček, Austrian-German composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1840)
- Jul 5 Pavel Ivanovich Pestel, Russian officer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1826)
- Jul 6 Jacob de Kempenaer, Dutch lawyer and Minister of Internal Affairs (1848-49), born in Amsterdam (d. 1870)
- Jul 13 John Clare, English poet (Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery), born in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England (d. 1864)
- Jul 20 Aleksander Fredro, Polish poet and comedy writer (Pan Jowiolski), born in Surochów, Poland (d. 1876)
- Jul 23 Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, Swiss composer, born in Arlesheim, Switzerland (d. 1859)
- Jul 30 Joseph-François Snel, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1861)
Famous Deaths
Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793)
Jul 13 French journalist and revolutionary (Friend of the People periodical), is murdered by Charlotte Corday in a bath at 50
Roger Sherman (1721-1793)
Jul 23 American lawyer and Founding Father of the United States (Declaration of Independence, Constitution), dies of typhoid fever at 72
- Jul 28 Hayashi Shihei, Japanese military scholar, dies at 54
