Jul 7 People's uprising against high prices and Spanish rule in Naples
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Jul 2 Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English Tory statesman, born in London (d. 1730)
Jul 22 Margaretha Mary Alacoque, French Roman Catholic saint and mystic, born in L'Hautecour, France (d. 1690)
Famous Deaths
Jul 7 Thomas Hooker, American colonial clergyman (known as "the father of Connecticut"), dies at 61
Jul 16 Masaniello [Tommaso Aniello], Italian fisherman and leader of the 1647 Naples revolt against the rule of Habsburg Spain, assassinated by a group of grain merchants at 27
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