Events in History
- Jul 8 1st US senator (William Blount of Tennessee) expelled by impeachment
Historic Event
Jul 25 Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain)
Birthdays in History
- Jul 10 Piet [Petrus Lafras] Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), born in Potberg, Swellendam, South Africa (d. 1838)
- Jul 17 Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter, born in Paris (d. 1856)
- Jul 18 Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher, born in Jena, Saxe-Weimar (d. 1879)
- Jul 20 Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist, born in Glausche, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1873)
- Jul 25 Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Cambridge, born in Offenbach, Germany (d. 1889)
- Jul 29 Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879)
Weddings in History
John Quincy Adams
Jul 26 US President John Quincy Adams (29) weds Louisa Johnson (22) at All Hallows Barking parish in London
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