On This Day

July 1610 in History

Events in History


Victory in battleVictory in Battle

Jul 4 Battle of Klushino: King Sigismund III's Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth army beats Russia and Sweden

King Sigismund III Vasa
King
Sigismund III Vasa
  • Jul 5 John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland

Birthdays in History

  • Jul 4 Cornelis Evertsen the Elder, Dutch-Swiss vice-admiral, born in Flushing, Netherlands (d. 1666)
  • Jul 4 Paul Scarron, French writer (Virgile Travesti), born in Paris (d. 1660)
  • Jul 14 Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)

Deaths in History

  • Jul 18 Caravaggio [Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio], Italian painter, (Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy), dies at 38