Jul 31 Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years
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Jul 26 Jean Deutz van Assendelft, Dutch merchant and Amsterdam regent, born in Amsterdam (d. 1719)
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Jul 15 Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)
Jul 28 Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist and novelist (Voyage to the Moon), and inspiration for Edmond Rostand’s play, dies under mysterious circumstances at 36
Jul 28 Suzuki Shosan, Samurai/monk/propagator of Zen Buddhism, dies at 76
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