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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Jul 08 1528

    Emanuel Philibert Duke of Savoygovernor of Netherland

    Jul 08 1593

    Artemisia Gentileschi Italian painter (d. 1653)

    Jul 08 1604

    Heinrich Albert German composer (Arien oder Melodien)

    Jul 08 1621

    Jean de la Fontaine French poet (Fables) born in Chteau-Thierry Aisne France (d. 1695)

    Jul 08 1637

    Johann Georg Ebeling German composer born in Lneburg (d. 1676)

    Jul 08 1757

    Richard Wainwright English composer and church organist (d. 1825)

    Jul 08 1760

    Christian Kramp French mathematician (d. 1826)

    Jul 08 1766

    Dominique Jean Larrey French surgeon (d. 1842)

    Jul 08 1792

    Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen queen of Bavaria (d. 1854)

    Jul 08 1809

    Ljudwit Gaj Croatian writerpoet (Pjesma iz Zagorja)

    Jul 08 1819

    Alexander Hays American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Franklin Pennsylvania (d. 1864)

    Jul 08 1819

    Francis Leopold McClintock British naval officer and explorer (d. 1907)

    Jul 08 1821

    Jozef Lies Flemish painter born in Antwerp (d. 1865)

    Jul 08 1821

    William Harvey Lamb Wallace American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Urbana Ohio (d. 1862)

    Jul 08 1824

    Waldimir Kriz Krzyzanowski Polish-American engineer politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Greater Poland Voivodeship Poland (d. 1887)

    Jul 08 1826

    Benjamin Henry Grierson American Major General (Union Army) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1911)

    Jul 08 1826

    Robert Kingston Scott American governor of South Carolina (1868-1872) and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Armstrong County Pennsylvania (d. 1900)

    Jul 08 1829

    Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail French serial writer

    Jul 08 1830

    Frederick William Seward United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1915)

    Jul 08 1830

    Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg (d. 1911)

    Jul 08 1836

    Joseph Chamberlain British minister of CommerceColonies

    Jul 08 1844

    Mary Johnson Lincoln educator (Boston Cooking School)

    Jul 08 1857

    Alfred Binet French child psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test (BinetSimon test) born in Nice France (d. 1911)

    Jul 08 1859

    Hank ODay American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcherumpiremanager (umpire 10 World Series) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1935)

    Jul 08 1867

    Kathe Kollwitz German print makersculptor (Bauernkrieg)

    Jul 08 1869

    William V Moody American poet (Death of Eve Faith Healer)

    Jul 08 1870

    Marie C of Zeggelen Dutch novelist (Koloniaaltje)

    Jul 08 1871

    Clement Harris English composer born in London (d. 1897)

    Jul 08 1871

    Kornelis ter Laan 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam)

    Jul 08 1882

    Percy Grainger composerpianistconductor (Hill Songs) born in Melbourne Victoria

    Jul 08 1882

    John Anderson 1st Viscount Waverley British civil servant politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer (1943-45) born in Midlothian Scotland (d. 1945)

    Jul 08 1885

    Ann Jemima Flower oldest resident of Netherlands

    Jul 08 1889

    Eugene Pallette American actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood The Mark of Zorro) born in Winfield Kansas (d. 1954)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Jul 08 1099 First Crusade 15000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on

    Jul 08 1579 Our Lady of Kazan a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church was discovered underground in the city of Kazan Tatarstan

    Jul 08 1672 William III is appointed stadholder by the States General in the Netherlands

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