Events in History
- Jul 9 Battle of Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh): French troops beat British
- Jul 9 British General Edward Braddock mortally wounded during Battle of Fort Duquesne during French and Indian War
- Jul 15 French ambassador recalled from London
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Jul 16 John Adams graduates Harvard
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Jul 26 Giacomo Casanova is arrested in Venice for affront to religion and common decency and imprisoned in the Doge's Palace
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Deaths in History
- Jul 13 Edward Braddock, British General, dies of his wounds from the Battle of Fort Duquesne (near present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), during French & Indian War at 60
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