Historical Events
Battle of Boyne
Jul 1 Army of Protestant King William III defeats deposed Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland
- Jul 10 Nine Years War: Battle of Beachy Head - French fleet under Tourville defeats Anglo-Dutch fleet under Cornelis Evertsen in the English Channel, near East Sussex [O.S. 30 June}
- Jul 11 Battle of Drogheda Boyne: King William III defeats deposed King James II of England
- Jul 12 Battle of Boyne: in Ireland, Protestant King William III defeats English Catholic King James II
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 7 Johann Tobias Krebs, German organist and composer, born in Heichelheim, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1762)
Famous Deaths
- Jul 10 Domenico Gabrielli, Italian Baroque composer, dies at 39
- Jul 10 Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48
- Jul 11 Friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75
- Jul 23 Richard Gibson, English painter of portrait miniatures and a court dwarf, dies at around 75
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