Historical Events Jul 8 Great Northern War: Battle of Dynekilen, a Danish-Norwegian force under Peter Tordenskjold traps and defeats Swedish force Jul 18 Decree orders all Jews expelled from Brussels Famous Deaths Jul 8 Robert South, English churchman (b. 1634) Jul 9 Joseph Sauveur, French mathematician, physicist and sound engineer who coined the name acoustics for the study of sound from the ancient Greek word ακουστός, meaning "able to be heard", dies at 63 1715 History by Year 1717 What Happened in 1716 Battle of Petrovaradin August 5, 1716
