Historical Events Jul 4 Prince of Condé starts blood bath in Paris Jul 6 Fire on Dutch Dam (Amsterdam's city hall burns) Jul 10 England declares war on The Netherlands - beginning of the 1st Anglo-Dutch war Jul 25 Nikita Minin becomes patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church Famous Birthdays Jul 2 Guillielmus "Willem" Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans), born in Dendermonde, East Flanders (d. 1719) Famous Deaths Jul 24 Johann Weichmann, German organist, and sacred and secular music composer (Sorgen-Lägerin), dies at 32 Jul 30 John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist, dies at 68 Jul 30 Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier (b. 1624) 1651 History by Year 1653 What Happened in 1652 Cape Colony Founded April 6, 1652