Historical Events
- Jul 11 Mathematical calculations suggest that it was on this day that Pluto moved from the ninth to the eighth most distant 'planet' from the Sun for the last time before 1979
Famous Birthdays
- Jul 1 James Lyon, American composer, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1794)
- Jul 19 Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, Anglo-Irish composer, born in Dangan Castle, County Meath, Ireland (d. 1781)
- Jul 23 Johannes Herbst, German-American musician, composer, and Moravian minister, born in Kempten, Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1812) [1]
Famous Weddings
Samuel Johnson
Jul 9 Author, poet, critic and lexicographer and writer of the first English dictionary Dr. Samuel Johnson (25) marries the widow Elizabeth "Tetty" Porter, 21 years his senior
Famous Deaths
- Jul 18 Johann Krieger, German organist and composer, dies at 83