General Events and Observations of July 7

1304: Pope Benedict XI (b. 1240)
1307: King Edward I of England (b. 1239)
1537: Madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)
1572: King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (b. 1520)
1573: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507)
1647: Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (b. 1586)
1663: Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
1701: William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)
1713: Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632)
1764: William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683)
1776: Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)
1790: François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (b. 1721)
1816: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751)
1855: Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)
1865: David Herold, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1842)
1865: George Atzerodt, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1833)
1865: Lewis Paine, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1844)
1865: Mary Surratt, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1823)
1878: Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)
1890: Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814)
1901: Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
1913: Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General (b.1841)
1922: Cathal Brugha, Chief of Staff of Irish Republican Army (b.1874)
1925: Clarence Hudson White American photographer (b.. 1871)
1927: Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (b. 1846)
1930: Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b. 1859)
1932: Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (b. 1880)
1932: Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1844)
1949: Bunk Johnson, American musician (b. 1879 or 1889)
1956: Gottfried Benn, German poet (b. 1886)
1964: Lillian Copeland, American athlete (b. 1904)
1965: Moshe Sharett, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
1967: Jo Schlesser, French Formula One racing driver (b. 1928)
1971: Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925)
1971: Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b1901)
1972: Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1886)
1972: King Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
1973: Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
1973: Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1919)
1975: Ruffian, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1972)
1976: Walter Giesler, American soccer coach (b. 1910)
1980: Dore Schary, American film producer and writer (b. 1905)
1981: Mildred Lisette Norman a.k.a. Peace Pilgrim, American pacifist and activist
1984: Carl Boenish, American father of BASE jumping (b. 1941)
1990: Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920)
1990: Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (b. 1958)
1993: Mia Zapata, American singer with The Gits (b. 1965)
1994: Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (b. 1924)
1994: Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German Luftwaffe Officer (b. 1907)
2000: Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969)
2001: Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2002: Bison Dele, American basketball player (b. 1969)
2003: Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)
2006: John Money, Sexologist (b. 1921)
2006: Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911)
2006: Syd Barrett, original guitarist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd (b. 1946)

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