Events in History
Birthdays in History
- Jul 1 Jadwiga Łuszczewska, Polish poet, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1908)
- Jul 2 Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch lawyer, economist and historian, born in Zetten, Netherlands (d. 1917)
- Jul 11 James McNeill Whistler, American-British painter (Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 aka "Whistler's Mother"), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1903)
- Jul 16 Peter Leyten, Bishop of Breda (1885-1914) (d. 1914)
Edgar Degas
Jul 19 Edgar Degas, French impressionist painter, sculptor and artist (The Bellelli Family), born in Paris (d. 1917)
Deaths in History
- Jul 14 Edmond Charles Genêt, French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution (b. 1763)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Jul 25 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British romantic poet (Rime of Ancient Mariner), dies of heart failure at 61
- Jul 26 Jonathan Jennings, American politician (Governor of Indiana, 1816–1822; Congressman for Indiana, 1822–1831), dies at 50
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