400 Historic Events for July 6
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| 1641 |
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Battle at La Marf‚e Sedan: Earl Soisson beats French govt army
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| 1652 |
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Fire on Dutch Dam (Amsterdam's city hall burns)
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| 1668 |
Birth |
Peter Burmannus, [Pieter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist
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| 1669 |
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LaSalle leaves Montreal to explore Ohio River
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| 1673 |
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French troops conquer Maastricht
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| 1678 |
Birth |
Nicola Francesco Haym, composer
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| 1685 |
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Battle at Sedgemoor: King James II beats duke of Monmouth
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| 1687 |
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Newton publishes "Principia"
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| 1699 |
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Pirate Capt William Kidd is captured in Boston
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| 1701 |
Death |
William Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged
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| 1702 |
Birth |
Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer
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| 1734 |
Death |
Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69
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| 1739 |
Birth |
Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer
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| 1747 |
Birth |
John Paul Jones, naval hero ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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| 1747 |
Birth |
Coelestin Jungbauer, composer
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| 1753 |
Birth |
John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized
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| 1762 |
Death |
Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34
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| 1765 |
Death |
Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76
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| 1768 |
Death |
Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78
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| 1770 |
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Battle at Cesme: Russian fleet beats Turkish
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| 1773 |
Birth |
Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer
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| 1775 |
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Congress issues "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms," listing grievances but denying intent to be independent
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| 1776 |
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Dec of Ind announced on front page of "PA Evening Gazette"
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| 1777 |
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British Gen Burgoyne captures Fort Ticonderoga from Americans
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| 1782 |
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British-French sea battle at Negapatam (South-Indies)
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