Famous Birthdays Jul 4 Murad III, Sultan of Turkey (1574-95), born in Manisa, Ottoman Empire (d. 1595) Jul 5 Johann Steuerlein, German composer, born in Schmalkalden, Germany (d. 1613) Famous Deaths Jul 4 Hayreddin Barbarossa, Admiral of the Ottoman Navy (b. 1478) Jul 16 Anne Askew, English Protestant (burned at the stake) (b. 1521) 1545 History by Year 1547